Use of lasers for vision correction of nearsightedness and farsightedness

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 470-475+517

  Wilson, Steven E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EYE REFRACTION; FARSIGHTEDNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MYOPIA; NEARSIGHTEDNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; CORNEA; HISTOLOGY; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOMILEUSIS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW;

ADULT; CORNEA; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MYOPIA; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 3342940154     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp033210     Document Type: Article

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