Corneal tissue ablation depth and the Munnerlyn formula

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1204-1210

  Chang, Austin W ^a   Tsang, Alexander C ^b   Contreras, Janice E ^b   Huynh, Paul D ^b   Calvano, Christopher J ^b   Crnic Rein, Tracy C ^b   Thall, Edmond H ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA STROMA DEPTH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MUNNERLYN FORMULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037636181     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(02)01918-1     Document Type: Article

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