Aberrant corneal nerve regeneration after PRK

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 684-686

  Erie, Jay C ^a   Patel, Sanjay V ^b   Bourne, William M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aberrant regeneration; Confocal microscopy; Corneal nerves; PRK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA STROMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; NERVE REGENERATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REOPERATION;

ADULT; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0141819923     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200310000-00014     Document Type: Article

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