Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 1083-1088 , July 2008

Correlation of visual outcome and patient satisfaction with preoperative keratometry after hyperopic laser in situ keratomileusis

,Accepted 22 March 2008.

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

 Supported in part by an unrestricted educational grant to the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, from Allergan, Irvine, California, USA.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00335-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.03.018

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 1083-1088 , July 2008

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