Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 383-388 , March 2008

Visual rehabilitation and outcomes for ectasia after corneal refractive surgery

,Accepted 8 October 2007.

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

 Supported in part by Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, New York, and the National Institutes of Health Core Grant P30 EYO6360, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

PII: S0886-3350(07)01990-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.10.025

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 383-388 , March 2008

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