Comparison of corneal flap thickness between primary and fellow eyes using three microkeratomes

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 417-421

  Shemesh, Gabi ^a,b,c   Leibovitch, Igal ^b   Lipshitz, Isaac ^a  

^a Ophthalmic Health Center   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEVICE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644311394     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20040901-02     Document Type: Article

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