Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 247-253 , February 2007

Histopathological findings after intracorneal ring segment implantation in keratoconic human corneas

,Accepted 25 August 2006.

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 Joseph Colin is a consultant to Addition Technology, Inc. No other author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Presented at the Winter Refractive Surgery Meeting of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, Monte Carlo, Monaco, February 2006, and the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA, March 2006.

PII: S0886-3350(06)01373-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.08.059

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 247-253 , February 2007

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