A clinical follow up of PRK and LASIK in eyes with preoperative abnormal corneal topographies

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 682-685

  Schor, Paulo ^a   Beer, S M C ^a   Da Silva, O ^a   Takahashi, R ^a   Campos, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0038694750     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.6.682     Document Type: Article

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