Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 11 , Pages 2084-2087 , November 2005

Posterior corneal surface changes after hyperopic laser in situ keratomileusis

,Accepted 25 April 2005.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any materials or methods mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(05)00682-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.04.034

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 11 , Pages 2084-2087 , November 2005

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