A Longitudinal Study of LASIK Flap and Stromal Thickness with High-speed Optical Coherence Tomography

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Li, Yan ^a   Netto, Marcelo V ^b,c   Shekhar, Raj ^b   Krueger, Ronald R ^b   Huang, David ^b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KERATOMILEUSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34249710403     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.09.031     Document Type: Article

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