Femtosecond Laser Shaped Penetrating Keratoplasty: One-year Results Utilizing a Top-hat Configuration

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Price Jr , Francis W ^a   Price, Marianne O ^b  

^a PRICE VISION GROUP   (United States)

^b Lautert)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA SCAR; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; LASER; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; PSEUDOPHAKIC BULLOUS KERATOPATHY; SCAR; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 38349160506     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.09.026     Document Type: Article

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