Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 8 , Pages 1371-1375 , August 2007

Corneal biomechanical properties in normal, post-laser in situ keratomileusis, and keratoconic eyes

,Accepted 15 April 2007.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Supported in part by a grant of the Spanish Ministry of Health, Instituto Carlos III, Red Temática de Investigación en Oftalmologia, Subproyecto de Cirugia Refractiva y Calidad Visual (C03/13).

PII: S0886-3350(07)00827-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.04.021

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 8 , Pages 1371-1375 , August 2007

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