Evaluation of apparent ectasia of the posterior surface of the cornea after keratorefractive surgery

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 571-573

  Nawa, Yoshiaki ^a   Masuda, Kozo ^a   Ueda, Tetsuo ^a   Hara, Yoshiaki ^a   Uozato, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ECTASIA; CORNEA THICKNESS; EVALUATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAPAN; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 16344395137     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.05.050     Document Type: Article

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