Phototherapeutic keratectomy for Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 343-347

  Paparo, Luis G ^a   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a   Raber, Irving M ^a   Grewal, Sanjeev ^a   Cohen, Elisabeth J ^a   Laibson, Peter R ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal dystrophy; Excimer laser; Ocular surgery; Phototherapeutic keratectomy; PTK; Schnyder's crystalline dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; GLARE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATECTOMY; MALE; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; GLARE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPHOBIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034027893     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200005000-00017     Document Type: Article

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