Impact of phototherapeutic keratectomy on the outcome of subsequent penetrating keratoplasty in patients with stromal corneal dystrophies

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 301-307

  Szentmáry, Nóra ^a,b   Langenbucher, Achim ^a   Hafner, Andrea ^a   Seitz, Berthold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMETRY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTOMETER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE REMOVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1242271217     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2003.08.039     Document Type: Article

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