Late bilateral keratectasia after LASIK in a low myopic patient

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 494-496

  Lifshitz, Tova ^a,b   Levy, Jaime ^a   Klemperer, Itamar ^a,b   Levinger, Shmuel ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Enaim Ophthalmological Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; HUMAN; KERATECTASIA; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RISK FACTOR; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 25144437836     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20050901-12     Document Type: Article

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