Long-term Results of Thin Corneas After Refractive Laser Surgery

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Bouzoukis, Dimitrios ^a   Diakonis, Vasilios ^a   Tsiklis, Nikolaos ^a   Gkenos, Eirineos ^a   Pallikaris, Aristofanis I ^a   Giaconi, JoAnn A ^c   Yoo, Sonia H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 34447651159     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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