Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 11 , Pages 1860-1865 , November 2007

Contribution of the corneal epithelium to anterior corneal topography in patients having myopic photorefractive keratectomy

,Accepted 11 June 2007.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(07)01355-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.06.041

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 11 , Pages 1860-1865 , November 2007

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