Thin LASIK Flap creation using the SCHWIND carriazo-pendular microkeratome

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-36

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Portaliou, Dimitra M ^a   Tsiklis, Nikolaos S ^a,b   Panagopoulou, Sophia I ^a   Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 59449105207     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597x-20090101-06     Document Type: Article

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