Reinnervation in the cornea after LASIK

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3660-3664

  Lee, Bong Hwan ^a   McLaren, Jay W ^a   Erie, Jay C ^a   Hodge, David O ^a   Bourne, William M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUOROMETHOLONE; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA SURGERY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MYOPIA; NERVE FIBER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REINNERVATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; OPHTHALMIC NERVE;

EID: 0036902563     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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