Corneal ectasia after photorefractive keratectomy

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 869-875

  Leccisotti, Antonio ^a  

^a Ophthalmic Surgery Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corneal ectasia; Keratoconus; Photorefractive keratectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ECTASIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34249332372     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0507-z     Document Type: Article

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