Excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy with mitomycin C application to treat haze after myopic photorefractive keratectomy
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Effectiveness of Scraping and Mitomycin C to Treat Haze After Myopic Photorefractive Keratectomy
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0301-4738
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.ijo_1845_20