Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2336-2343 , November 2004

Effect of expanding the treatment zone of the Nidek EC-5000 laser on laser in situ keratomileusis outcomes

,Accepted 9 March 2004.

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☆ Supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness Inc., New York, New York, USA, to Northwestern University Department of Ophthalmology.

☆☆ None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

★ Al Campos, COA, and Brian Markham, COA, assisted in the data collection.

PII: S0886-3350(04)00550-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.05.015

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2336-2343 , November 2004

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