Long-term refractive results of myopic LASIK complicated with intraoperative epithelial defects

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-60

  Esquenazi, Salomon ^a,b   Bui, Viet ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; EVALUATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 31644444893     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20060101-12     Document Type: Article

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