Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 110-114 , January 2004

Outcomes of laser in situ keratomileusis in patients with pigment dispersion syndrome

  • Nada S Jabbur, MD

      Affiliations

    • Refractive Surgery Service, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Suhas Tuli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Refractive Surgery Service, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Irina S Barequet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Geldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Herzliya, Israel
    • Refractive Surgery Center, Herzliya Medical Center, Herzliya, Israel
    • ,
  • Terrence P O'Brien, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Terrence P. O'Brien, MD, The Wilmer Eye Institute at Green Spring Station, 10753 Falls Road, Suite 455, Baltimore, Maryland 21093, USA.
    • Refractive Surgery Service, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

,Accepted 8 March 2003.

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

☆☆ None of the authors has a financial interest in any product mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(03)00519-4

doi: 10.1016/S0886-3350(03)00519-4

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 110-114 , January 2004

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