Risk Factors for Corneal Ectasia after LASIK

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1618-1622

  Tabbara, Khalid F ^a,b   Kotb, Amgad A ^a  

^a The Eye Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology   (Saudi Arabia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ECTASIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TOPOGRAPHY;

CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33747884888     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.03.045     Document Type: Article

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