Long-term effects on corneal keratocytes of mitomycin C during photorefractive keratectomy: A randomized contralateral eye confocal microscopy study

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Midena, Edoardo ^a,b   Gambato, Catia ^a   Miotto, Stefania ^a   Cortese, Marta ^a   Salvi, Rudy ^a   Ghirlando, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MITOMYCIN C;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 36448964099     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20071102-06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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