Refractive change following pterygium surgery

CLAO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-117

  Fong, Kee Siew ^a   Balakrishnan, Vivian ^a   Chee, Soon Phaik ^a   Tan, Donald Tiang Hwee ^a  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA CURVATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PTERYGIUM; REFRACTION ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 7144227951     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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