LASIK flap characteristics using the moria M2 microkeratome with the 90-μm single use head

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-49

  Aslanides, Ioannis M ^a   Tsiklis, Nikolaos S ^a   Astyrakakis, Nikolaos I ^a   Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a   Jankov, Mirko R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROTOME; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846299205     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20070101-08     Document Type: Article

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