Severe diffuse lamellar keratitis after femtosecond lamellar keratectomy [10]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 699-

  Javaloy, Jaime ^a,c   Artola, Alberto ^a   Vidal, María T ^a   Muñoz, Gonzalo ^a   De Rojas, Victoria ^b   Alió, Jorge L ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Alicante   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISLUBE;

ADULT; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 34248222568     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.104075     Document Type: Letter

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