Ten-year Follow-up of Excimer Laser Surface Ablation for Myopia in Thin Corneas

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  de Benito Llopis, Laura ^a   Alió, Jorge L ^b,c   Ortiz, Dolores ^b   Teus, Miguel A ^a,d   Artola, Alberto ^b  

^a VISSUM Corporacion Oftalmologica   (Spain)

^b Vissum Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA THICKNESS; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 64449088582     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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