Ten years after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for moderate to high myopia (control-matched study)

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1313-1318

  Alio J L ^a,c   Ortiz, D ^a   Muftuoglu, O ^b   Garcia, M J ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Alicante   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349971165     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.131748     Document Type: Article

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