Refractive outcomes and quality of vision related to an outbreak of diffuse lamellar keratitis

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 804-810

  Javaloy, Jaime ^a,b   Alió, Jorge L ^a,b   El Kady, Bassam ^a,b   Muñoz, Gonzalo ^c   Barraquer, Rafael I ^d   Maldonado, Miguel J ^e  

^a Alicante   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c Hospital NISA Virgen Del Consuelo   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI BARRAQUER   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; HYALURONIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISLUBE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; EPIDEMIC; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855853580     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20110411-02     Document Type: Article

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