Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 1110-1113 , July 2008

Risk for uveitis after laser in situ keratomileusis in patients positive for human leukocyte antigen-B27

,Accepted 11 March 2008.

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 This paper was supported in part by an unrestricted educational grant to the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Utah from Allergan Inc., Irvine, California, USA.

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

PII: S0886-3350(08)00332-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.03.016

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 1110-1113 , July 2008

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