Effects of pterygium surgery on front and back corneal astigmatism

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 423-428

  Kheirkhah, Ahmad ^a   Safi, Hamid ^a   Molaei, Saber ^a   Nazari, Rahman ^a   Behrouz, Mahmoud Jabbarvand ^a   Raju, Vadrevu K ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BACK CORNEAL ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONT CORNEAL ASTIGMATISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENS POWER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 84869187093     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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