Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 8 , Pages 1292-1295 , August 2006

Laser in situ keratomileusis in patients with autoimmune diseases

  • Ronald J. Smith, MD, MPH
    • ,
  • Robert K. Maloney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Robert K. Maloney, MD, Maloney Vision Institute, 10921 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 900, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA.

,Accepted 4 February 2006.

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 Presented in part at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive, San Diego, California, USA, May 2004.Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(06)00552-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.02.059

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 8 , Pages 1292-1295 , August 2006

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