Subbasal nerve regeneration after LASEK measured by confocal microscopy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 709-715

  Darwish, Taym ^a,b,d   Brahma, Arun ^a   Efron, Nathan ^c   O'Donnell, Clare ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d TISHREEN UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548760351     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20070901-10     Document Type: Article

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