Response of the cornea for up to four years after photorefractive keratectomy for myopia

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-186

  Lombardo, Marco ^a,d   Lombardo, Giuseppe ^b   Manzulli, Michele ^c   Serrao, Sebastiano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c Serraolaser   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33644501835     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20060201-17     Document Type: Article

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