Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 21-27 , January 2008

Visual outcomes of wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis in eyes with moderate or high myopia and compound myopic astigmatism

,Accepted 13 August 2007.

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

 Presented in part as a poster at the annual meeting of the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract and Refractive Surgery, San Diego, California, USA, April 2007.

PII: S0886-3350(07)01769-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.08.032

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 21-27 , January 2008

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