Corneal ectasia after PRK: Clinicopathologic case report

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 845-848

  Kim, Hyojin ^a,b   Choi, Jun Sub ^b   Joo, Choun Ki ^b,c,d  

^a Baekseok University   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Korea National Research Resource Center   (South Korea)

^d The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corneal ectasia; Keratoconus; Photorefractive keratectomy; Posterior corneal surface; Protrusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL ECTASIA; EXCIMER LASER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33750463763     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000224634.72309.43     Document Type: Article

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