Prospective, randomized, paired comparison of laser epithelial keratomileusis and photorefractive keratectomy for myopia less than -6,50 diopters

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-222

  Hashemi, Hassan ^a,b,e   Fotouhi, Akbar ^b,d   Foudazi, Hamid ^b   Sadeghi, Navid ^b   Payvar, Saeed ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Noor Vision Correction Center   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2442636415     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20040501-04     Document Type: Article

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