Non-contact holmium:YAG laser thermal keratoplasty for hyperopia: Two-year follow-up

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-86

  Papadopoulos, Nick Th ^a,b,c   Balidis, Miltiadis ^a,b   Brazitikos, Periklis D ^a,b   Androudi, Sofia ^a   Fotiadis, Kostas ^b   Kalinderis, Kostantinos A ^a   Stangos, Nikolaos T ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INTERBALKAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLMIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE KERATOPLASTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 12444346812     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20050101-15     Document Type: Article

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