One-year results of photorefractive keratectomy and laser in situ keratomileusis for myopia using a 213 nm wavelength solid-state laser

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 971-977

  Tsiklis, Nikolaos S ^a   Kymionis, George D ^a   Kounis, George A ^a   Pallikaris, Aristofanis I ^a   Diakonis, Vasilios F ^a   Charisis, Spyridon ^a   Markomanolakis, Marinos M ^a   Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SOLID STATE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34248680727     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.02.033     Document Type: Article

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