Objective assessment of transient corneal haze and its relation to visual performance after photorefractive keratectomy

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 204-210

  Van Pol, Corina D E ^a   Soya, Koichi ^b   Hwang, David G ^b  

^a U S ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DEVICE; HEALING; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA; CORNEAL OPACITY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034901436     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)01003-0     Document Type: Article

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