Scanning laser polarimetry measurements after laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 461-464

  Gürses Özden, Rabia ^a   Pons, Mauricio E ^a   Barbieri, Cesar ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^a,b   Buxton, Douglas F ^a,b   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Ritch, Robert ^a,b  

^a New York Eye Ear Infirm ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POLARIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; THICKNESS;

ADULT; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; PERIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0342265158     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00360-8     Document Type: Article

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