Dry eye after photorefractive keratectomy with adjuvant mitomycin C

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 511-513

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Tsiklis, Nikolaos S ^a   Ginis, Harilaos ^a   Diakonis, Vasilios F ^a   Pallikaris, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CORTICOSTEROID; DACRIO GEL; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; FLUOROMETHOLONE; MITOMYCIN C; VISMED;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRY EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIRMER TEST; SLIT LAMP; SYMPTOM; TEAR FILM; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33646692240     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20060501-16     Document Type: Article

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