Corneal first surface wavefront aberrations before and after pterygium surgery

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 921-925

  Pesudovs, Konrad ^a,c   Figueiredo, Francisco C ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WAVEFRONT ABERRATION;

EID: 33751077309     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20061101-17     Document Type: Article

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