Biomechanical manipulation: The next frontier in corneal refractive surgery

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 837-840

  Krueger, Ronald R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ECTASIA; CORNEA SURGERY; CROSS LINKING; EDITORIAL; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPLASTY; KERATOTOMY; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MYOPIA; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; HUMANS; REFRACTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 73149087491     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20090917-04     Document Type: Editorial

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