Penetrating Keratoplasty Using Femtosecond Laser

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 524-526

  Holzer, Mike P ^a   Rabsilber, Tanja M ^a   Auffarth, Gerd U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCISION; KERATOCONUS; LASER SURGERY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33847080393     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.08.029     Document Type: Article

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