Corneal transmissibility of diode versus argon lasers and their photothermal effects on the cornea and iris

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-57

  Chew, Paul T K ^a,b   Wong, Jun Shyan ^b   Chee, Caroline K L ^b   Tock, Edward P C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute glaucoma; Corneal complications; Laser therapy

Indexed keywords

ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA BURN; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA PERFORATION; DIODE LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIDOTOMY; IRIS; LASER SURGERY; THERMAL INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CORNEA; DISEASE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; IRIS; LASER SURGERY; LASERS;

EID: 0033946083     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2000.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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