Influence of wavefront aberration and corneal subepithelial haze on low-contrast visual acuity after photorefractive keratectomy

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 620-624

  Tanabe, Tatsuro ^a   Miyata, Kazunori ^b   Samejima, Tomokazu ^b   Hirohara, Yoko ^c   Mihashi, Toshifumi ^c   Oshika, Tetesuro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Miyata Eye Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOPCON CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA; CORNEAL OPACITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 7044222186     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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