Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1872-1880 , November 2008

Predictive factors of femtosecond laser flap thickness measured by online optical coherence pachymetry subtraction in sub-Bowman keratomileusis

,Accepted 18 July 2008.

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

 Presented at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Diego, California, USA, April 2007.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00811-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.07.017

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1872-1880 , November 2008

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