Safety, efficacy, and stability indices of LASEK correction in moderate myopia and astigmatism

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2130-2137

  Taneri, Suphi ^a   Feit, Rachel ^a   Azar, Dimitri T ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; ASTIGMATISM; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 4944244418     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.02.070     Document Type: Article

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