Visual acuity and corneal topographic changes related with pterygium surgery

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 166-170

  Yagmur, Meltem ^a   Özcan, Altan A ^a   Sari, Suphi ^a   Ersöz, T Reha ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 15544366471     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20050301-12     Document Type: Article

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