Evaluation of the prophylactic use of mitomycin-C to inhibit haze formation after photorefractive keratectomy in high myopia: A prospective clinical study

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Hashemi, Hassan ^a,b   Reza Taheri, Seied Mohammad ^b   Fotouhi, Akbar ^c   Kheiltash, Azita ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Noor Vision Correction Center   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; MITOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEAL OPACITY; EXCIMER LASER; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CORNEAL OPACITY; HUMANS; LASERS, EXCIMER; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 5444273588     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-4-12     Document Type: Article

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