Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 1208-1212 , June 2005

Novel tissue adhesives to secure laser in situ keratomileusis flaps

,Accepted 11 October 2004.

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 A portion of these data were presented at the ASCRS Symposium Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA, May 2003.Supported by National Institues of Health/National Eye Institute Grant R01 EY13881.

PII: S0886-3350(04)01239-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.10.067

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 1208-1212 , June 2005

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