Twelve-year follow-up of photorefractive keratectomy for low to moderate myopia

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 871-877

  O'Connor, Jeremy ^a   O'Keeffe, Michael ^a   Condon, Patrick I ^a  

^a MATER PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA HAZE; CORNEA OPACITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NIGHT VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; SAFETY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33751092534     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20061101-06     Document Type: Article

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