One-Year Clinical Results after Epi-LASIK for Myopia

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1111-1117

  Katsanevaki, Vikentia J ^a,b   Kalyvianaki, Maria I ^a,b   Kavroulaki, Dimitra S ^a   Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a,b  

^a Institute of Vision and Optics   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34249670804     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.08.052     Document Type: Article

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