Upper and lower tear menisci after laser in situ keratomileusis

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-85

  Tao, Aizhu ^a   Shen, Meixiao ^a   Wang, Jianhua ^b   Chen, Qi ^a   Lu, Fan ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

LASIK; Optical coherence tomography; Tear meniscus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LACRIMATION; MALE; MYOPIA; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TEARS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949434157     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181d0b76b     Document Type: Article

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