Corneal topographic and pachymetric screening of keratorefractive patients

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-29

  Ambrósio Jr , Renato ^a,b   Klyce, Stephen D ^c   Wilson, Steven E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE KERATOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037245190     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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