Laser in situ Keratomileusis Improves Visual Acuity in Some Adult Eyes with Amblyopia

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-28

  Barequet, Irina S ^a,b,c   Wygnanski Jaffe, Tamara ^b   Hirsh, Ami ^a  

^a Institute of Medical Genetics   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0347763580     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20040101-05     Document Type: Review

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