PTK in Corneal Dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-324

  Kim, Eung Kweon ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL STROMA; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; RECURRENCE;

EID: 2142807362     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200405000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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