Limitations of erbium:YAG laser photorefractive keratectomy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-59

  Mrochen, Michael ^a   Semshichen, Vladimir ^b   Funk, Richard H W ^a   Seiler, Theo ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ERBIUM YAG LASER; EXCIMER LASER; KERATECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE; THERMAL INJURY;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SWINE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0033969230     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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