Corneal sensation after myopic and hyperopic LASIK: Clinical and confocal microscopic study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 580-585

  Bragheeth, M A ^b   Dua, Harminder S ^a,b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYOPIA; NERVE FIBER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CORNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOPIA; NERVE REGENERATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION;

EID: 17644392410     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.046888     Document Type: Article

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