The shape of posterior corneal surface in normal, post-LASIK, and post-epi-LASIK eyes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3468-3475

  Zhang, Lin ^a   Wang, Yan ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMAGING; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; POSTERIOR CORNEAL SURFACE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXCIMER LASER; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; KERATOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MYOPIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955877815     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4811     Document Type: Article

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