One-year follow-up of custom phototherapeutic keratectomy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Vinciguerra, Paolo ^a,b   Camesasca, Fabrizio I ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; CUSTOM PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC KERATECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATECTOMY; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 4644316081     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20040903-15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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