Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2328-2331 , November 2004

Complications associated with anterior basement membrane dystrophy after laser in situ keratomileusis

,Accepted 23 February 2004.

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

☆☆ Presented in part as a poster at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA, April 2003.

PII: S0886-3350(04)00398-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.02.081

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2328-2331 , November 2004

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