Clinical outcomes of epi-LASIK: 1-year results of on- and off-flap procedures with and without mitomycin-C

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 592-596

  Kim, Seong Taeck ^a   Koh, Jae Woong ^a   Yoon, Gil Joong ^b   Yang, Seong Won ^a  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b Happy Eye Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; FLUMETHOLONE; MITOMYCIN C; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MITOMYCIN; MYOPIA; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952220841     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.164384     Document Type: Article

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