Effect of myopic laser in situ keratomileusis on epithelial and stromal thickness: A confocal microscopy study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1447-1452

  Erie, Jay C ^a   Patel, Sanjay V ^a   McLaren, Jay W ^a   Ramirez, Manuel ^a   Hodge, David O ^a   Maguire, Leo J ^a   Bourne, William M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; NERVE PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR;

ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036345780     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01106-5     Document Type: Article

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