Role of the corneal epithelium in refractive changes following laser in situ keratomileusis for high myopia

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-139

  Spadea, Leopoldo ^a,b   Fasciani, Romina ^a   Necozione, Stefano ^a   Balestrazzi, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034115187     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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