Description, etiology, and prevention of an outbreak of diffuse lamellar keratitis after LASIK

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 482-486

  Villarrubia, Alberto ^a   Palacín, Elisa ^a   Gómez Del Río, Miguel ^a   Martínez, Purificación ^b  

^a Instituto de Oftalmología La Arruzafa de Córdoba   (Spain)

^b MRI Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA PICKETTII; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

EID: 34248583997     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20070501-11     Document Type: Article

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