Treatment of irregular astigmatism with a 213 nm solid-state, diode-pumped neodymium:YAG ablative laser

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2145-2151

  Anderson, Ian ^a   Sanders, Donald R ^c,d   Van Saarloos, Paul ^a   Ardrey IV, William J ^b  

^a Perth   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Center for Clinical Research   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIODE LASER; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOTOMY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; KERATOTOMY, RADIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 4944242843     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.03.032     Document Type: Article

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