Change in retinal nerve fiber layer thickness after laser in situ keratomileusis

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2123-2128

  Nevyas, Joann Y ^a   Nevyas, Herbert J ^a   Nevyas Wallace, Anita ^a  

^a 333 City Avenue   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CELL DEATH; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEVICE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; BIREFRINGENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0036931589     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(02)01537-7     Document Type: Article

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