Effect of disagreement between refractive, keratometric, and topographic determination of astigmatic axis on suture removal after penetrating keratoplasty

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 837-841

  Sarhan, A R Sebai ^a   Dua, Harminder S ^a   Beach, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE REMOVAL; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ASTIGMATISM; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033886495     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.8.837     Document Type: Article

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