The effect of corneal flap on optical aberrations

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 190-193

  Zadok, David ^a,b,c   Carrillo, Carlos ^a   Missiroli, Filippo ^a   Litwak, Sergio ^a   Robledo, Nora ^a   Chayet, Arturo S ^a  

^a Departamento de Cirugía Refractiva y Segmento Anterior   (Mexico)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EVALUATION; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 3843123160     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.03.032     Document Type: Article

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