Treatment of moderate to severe keratoconus with 6-mm Intacs SK

International Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 513-516

  Niknam, Sasan ^a   Shamshiri, Mehrdad ^a   Shahrzad, Seyed Sahabaldin ^b   Alipour, Abbas ^c   Rajabi, Mohammad Bagher ^d   Rajabi, Mohammad Taher ^d  

^a Dr Khodadoust Eye Hospital   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Intacs; Keratoconus; Myopia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871564136     PISSN: 22223959     EISSN: 22274898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2012.04.21     Document Type: Article

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