Photorefractive keratectomy and butterfly laser epithelial keratomileusis: A prospective, contralateral study

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 671-684

  Ghanem, Vinícius Coral ^a,c   Kara José, Newton ^b   Ghanem, Ramon Coral ^a   Coral, Samuel Angelo ^a  

^a Sadalla Amin Ghanem Eye Hospital   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Luterano de Joinville   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 51149087932     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597x-20080901-06     Document Type: Article

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