Comparison of goblet cell density after femtosecond laser and mechanical microkeratome in LASIK

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2570-2575

  Rodriguez, Alexandra E ^a   Rodriguez Prats, Jose L ^a   Hamdi, Islam M ^b   Galal, Ahmed ^c   Awadalla, Mohamed ^c   Alio, Jorge L ^a,d  

^a Vissum Instituto Oftalmologico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

^d MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DEVICE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERMETROPIA; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER; MALE; MICROKERATOMA; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 34347259947     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1259     Document Type: Article

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