Early pellucid marginal corneal degeneration: Case reports of two refractive surgery candidates

Cornea

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 114-117

  Ambrósio Jr , Renato ^a,b   Wilson, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corneal topography; Ectasia; Keratoconus; Laser assisted in situ keratomileusis; Pachymetry; Pellucid marginal corneal degeneration; Photorefractive keratectomy; Refractive surgery; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA SURGERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036132938     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200201000-00024     Document Type: Article

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