LASIK, blepharoplasty, and dry eyes

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 382-383

  Iliff, Nicholas T ^a   Snyder, Lee ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; EVALUATION; EYE IRRITATION; EYE REFRACTION; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LUBRICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036661104     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/maj.2002.125438     Document Type: Article

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