Indications and outcomes of phototherapeutic keratectomy in the developing world

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-49

  Sharma, Namrata ^a   Prakash, Gaurav ^a   Sinha, Rajesh ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR EYE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bullous keratopathy; Corneal scarring; Developing world; Phototherapeutic keratectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 40449107049     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318157a111     Document Type: Article

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