Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 1426-1431 , September 2006

Changes in the posterior cornea after laser in situ keratomileusis and photorefractive keratectomy

,Accepted 25 March 2006.

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 Presented at the Corneal Federated Societies Scientific Session, Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 2005.Supported in part by an unrestricted educational grant from the Sight Society of Northeastern New York and the Albany Lions Eye Bank, Albany, New York, USA.Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(06)00662-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.03.037

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 1426-1431 , September 2006

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