Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 8 , Pages 1376-1380 , August 2007

Surface ablation after laser in situ keratomileusis: Retreatment on the flap

  • Jeroen J.G. Beerthuizen, MD, FEBOphth

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Jeroen J.G. Beerthuizen, MD, FEBOphth, Department of Ophthalmology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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  • Evelien Siebelt, BSc

,Accepted 19 April 2007.

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 Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Presented in part at the Annual Congress of the Dutch Ophthalmological Society, Groningen, The Netherlands, March 2006.

PII: S0886-3350(07)00831-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.04.024

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 8 , Pages 1376-1380 , August 2007

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