Value of intraoperative keratometry in predicting outcome of radial keratotomy
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1395-3907
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00397.x