The effect of pterygium surgery on contrast sensitivity and corneal topographic changes

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 315-319

  Oh, Joo Youn ^a   Wee, Won Ryang ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corneal topography; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PTERYGIUM; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77953382462     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/opth.s9870     Document Type: Article

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