Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 9 , Pages 1998-2004 , September 2004

Decreased keratocyte death after laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy and photorefractive keratectomy in rabbits

,Accepted 22 January 2004.

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 Presented in part at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, May 2002.Supported in part by Interne Forschungsförderung Essen (IFORES), Essen, Germany.None of the authors has a proprietary or financial interest in any product mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(04)00352-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.01.040

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 9 , Pages 1998-2004 , September 2004

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