Phototherapeutic keratectomy: 12 years of experience

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-32

  Fagerholm, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cornea; Cornea disease; Excimer laser; Phototherapeutic keratectomy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EROSION; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; EXCIMER LASER; FIBROBLAST; HARD CONTACT LENS; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOUND HEALING;

CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0038779618     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2003.00015.x     Document Type: Review

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