Late onset post-keratoplasty astigmatism in patients with keratoconus

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-376

  Lim, L ^a   Pesudovs, K ^a   Goggin, M ^a   Coster, D J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CALCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; TIME;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542407177     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.027037     Document Type: Article

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