Using a Nidek excimer laser with a rotary epithelial brush and corneal chilling: Clinical results

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1321-1326

  Amoils, S Percy ^a  

^a Johannesburg Laser Center   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; COLD; DEBRIDEMENT; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0344172571     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(99)00198-4     Document Type: Article

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