Asian Americans: Myopia and Refractive Surgery

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 173-187

  Yo, Christopher ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; PIRENZEPINE;

ASIAN AMERICAN; BIFOCAL LENS; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA ULCER; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EYE SURGERY; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ASIAN AMERICANS; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142183497     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004397-200343040-00015     Document Type: Review

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