Comparison of different excimer laser ablation frequencies (50, 200, and 500 Hz)

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 247, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1539-1545

  Winkler von Mohrenfels, Christoph ^a   Khoramnia, R ^a   Lohmann, C P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation frequency; Excimer; LASIK; PRK

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXCIMER LASER; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FIBROBLASTS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; SWINE;

EID: 70349857782     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-009-1102-x     Document Type: Article

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