Bilateral keratoconus after LASIK in a keratoconus patient

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 90-92

  Chiang, Robert K ^a   Park, Anna J ^a   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a   Cohen, Elisabeth J ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Keratectasia; Keratoconus; LASIK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIPLOPIA; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLIT LAMP; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISION; CORNEA; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MYOPIA;

EID: 0037531381     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000060780.24132.51     Document Type: Article

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