Infectious keratitis after laser epithelial keratomileusis

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 832-835

  Parthasarathy, Anand ^a   Theng, Julian ^a   Ti, Seng Ei ^a,b   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 35349027762     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20071001-16     Document Type: Article

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