One or 2 Intacs segments for the correction of keratoconus

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 943-953

  Alió, Jorge L ^a,d   Artola, Alberto ^a   Hassanein, Ahmed ^a,b   Haroun, Hazem ^a,b   Galal, Ahmed ^a,c  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

^d Edificio Vissum ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRASOMAL CORNEA RING SEGMENT; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 20544466452     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.09.050     Document Type: Article

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