American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 145, Issue 1 , Pages 65-74.e1 , January 2008

Corneal Wavefront-Guided Retreatments for Significant Night Vision Symptoms after Myopic Laser Refractive Surgery

  • Jorge L. Alió

      Affiliations

    • Department of Refractive Surgery and Division of Ophthalmology, Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Miguel Hernandez University, Alicante, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Jorge L. Alió, Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Avda. De Denia s/n, (Edificio VISSUM) 03016, Alicante, Spain
    • ,
  • David Piñero

      Affiliations

    • Department of Refractive Surgery and Division of Ophthalmology, Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Miguel Hernandez University, Alicante, Spain
    • ,
  • Orkun Muftuoglu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Refractive Surgery and Division of Ophthalmology, Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Miguel Hernandez University, Alicante, Spain
    • Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

,Accepted 20 August 2007.

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PII: S0002-9394(07)00770-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.08.025

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 145, Issue 1 , Pages 65-74.e1 , January 2008

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