Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 1302-1306 , July 2003

Superficial keratectomy with mitomycin-C for the treatment of salzmann’s nodules

Presented at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, June 2002.

  • Patrick J Bowers Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Price Vision Group, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
    • None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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  • Marianne O Price, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Price Vision Group, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
    • None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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  • Steven S Zeldes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Price Vision Group, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
    • None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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  • Francis W Price Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Francis W. Price Jr., MD, Price Vision Group, 9002 North Meridian Street, Suite 207, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260, USA, Attn: Sherry Levy.
    • Price Vision Group, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
    • None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

,Accepted 11 November 2002.

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☆ Supported by The Cornea Research Foundation, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

PII: S0886-3350(02)01987-9

doi: 10.1016/S0886-3350(02)01987-9

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 1302-1306 , July 2003

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