Early outcomes of INTRACOR femtosecond laser treatment for presbyopia

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 855-861

  Holzer, Mike P ^a   Mannsfeld, Annett ^a   Ehmer, Angela ^a   Auffarth, Gerd U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; LASER; LASER SURGERY; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESBYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 73149099174     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20090917-06     Document Type: Article

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