Clinical use of in vivo confocal microscopy through focusing in corneal refractive surgery

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Ying, Li ^a   Xiao, Zhang ^a   Liuxueying, Zhong ^a   Yumei, Jin ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA SURGERY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33751114159     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20061102-07     Document Type: Article

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