Management of irregular astigmatism

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 260-266

  Goggin, Michael ^a   Alpins, Noel ^b   Schmid, Leisa M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b New Vision Clinics   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 0033913718     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200008000-00007     Document Type: Article

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