Prospective, paired comparison of laser in situ keratomileusis and laser epithelial keratomileusis for myopia less than -6.00 diopters

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-228

  Kaya, Vedat ^a   Oncel, Banu ^a   Sivrikaya, Hakan ^a,b   Yilmaz, Omer Faruk ^a  

^a Beyoglu Eye Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2442655252     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20040501-05     Document Type: Article

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