A comparative study for mesopic contrast sensitivity between photorefractive keratectomy and laser in situ keratomileusis

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 298-303

  Lee, Ji Eun ^a   Choi, Hee Young ^a   Oum, Boo Sup ^a   Lee, Jong Soo ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33746706293     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20060701-06     Document Type: Article

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