Unilateral corneal ectasia after laser in situ keratomileusis in a patient with uncomplicated photorefractive keratectomy in the fellow eye

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 859-861

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Tsiklis, Nikolaos ^a   Karp, Carol L ^a   Kalyvianaki, Maria ^a   Pallikaris, Aristofanis I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ECTASIA; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34247525148     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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