Corneal topography six years after photorefractive keratectomy for myopia and myopic astigmatism

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 451-458

  Serrao, Sebastiano ^a,g   Lombardo, Giuseppe ^b,c,d   Lombardo, Marco ^b,c,d   Palombi, Marino ^e   Roberts, Cynthia J ^f  

^a Serraolaser   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c Vision Engineering Italy Srl   (Italy)

^d Vision Engineering   (Italy)

^e St John Hospital   (Italy)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66249088689     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20090422-08     Document Type: Article

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