Ten-year follow-up of 360° intrastromal corneal rings for myopia

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 878-883

  Schwartz, Andrew P ^a   Tinio, Bernard O ^a   Esmail, Fatema ^a   Babayan, Alejandro ^a   Naikoo, Huma N ^a   Asbell, Penny A ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING PLACEMENT; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MYOPIA; PACHOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33751097488     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20061101-07     Document Type: Article

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