Size of Corneal Topographic Effective Optical Zone: Comparison of Standard and Customized Myopic Laser In Situ Keratomileusis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-232

  Racine, Louis ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Koch, Douglas D ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33746270022     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.03.023     Document Type: Article

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