LASIK interface keratitis: Epidemiology, diagnosis and care

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 251-255

  Gritz, David C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diffuse lamellar keratitis; epidemiology; inflammation; laser in situ keratomileusis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79959226805     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3283477b52     Document Type: Review

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