Keratoplasty by radio frequency for the correction of low to moderate hyperopia: Results of 18 eyes in a follow-up from 16 up to 25 months;Ceratoplastia pela rádio-freqüência para correção de hipermetropia pequena a moderada: Resultado de 18 olhos com seguimento de 16 a 25 meses

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 502-507

  Cançado Trindade, Fernando ^a   Frensel de Moraes Tzelikis, Patrick ^a   Torqueti Costa, Leonardo ^a   Marcelo de Almeida Lyra, João ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOPLASTY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; SAFETY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0141683786     PISSN: 00347280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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