Bilateral diffuse lamellar keratitis following bilateral simultaneous versus sequential laser in situ keratomileusis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1086-1087

  McLeod, Stephen D ^a,b   Tham, V M B ^a,b   Phan, S T ^a   Hwang, D G ^a,b   Rizen, M ^a   Abbott, R L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042358692     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.9.1086     Document Type: Article

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