Subbasal nerve density and corneal sensitivity after laser in situ keratomileusis: Femtosecond laser vs mechanical microkeratome

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1413-1419

  Patel, Sanjay V ^a   McLaren, Jay W ^a   Kittleson, Katrina M ^a   Bourne, William M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149487572     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.253     Document Type: Article

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