Risk Factors for Development of Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis after Laser in situ Keratomileusis

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-75

  Noda Tsuruya, Tomoko ^a   Toda, Ikuko ^a,b   Asano Kato, Naoko ^a,b   Hori Komai, Yoshiko ^a   Fukumoto, Teruki ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b  

^a Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; EYE DROPS; FLUOROMETHOLONE; GENTAMICIN; HYALEIN; HYALURONIC ACID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; DRY EYE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIZATION; EXCIMER LASER; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0347133358     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20040101-12     Document Type: Article

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