Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2427-2430 , November 2004

Ferrara intracorneal ring implantation and cataract surgery for the correction of pellucid marginal corneal degeneration

  • Leonardo Akaishi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brasilia Ophthalmologic Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Patrick F. Tzelikis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Dr. P.F. Tzelikis, Wills Eye Hospital, 840 Walnut Street, 9th Floor, Cornea Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
    • Brasilia Ophthalmologic Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Irving M. Raber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brasilia, Brazil, and Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

,Accepted 6 April 2004.

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

PII: S0886-3350(04)00662-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.04.047

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2427-2430 , November 2004

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