Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis Induced by a Corneal Foreign Body Six Months after
                    Femto-LASIK

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2014; 231(4): 307-308
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1368275

Der interessante Fall

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Diffuse lamelläre Keratitis ausgelöst durch einen kornealen Fremdkörper 6 Monate nach Femto-LASIK

P. B. Baenninger

Department of Ophthalmology, Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland (Chairman: Prof. Dr. Dr. M. A. Thiel)

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C. Kaufmann

Department of Ophthalmology, Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland (Chairman: Prof. Dr. Dr. M. A. Thiel)

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F. Weisskopf

Department of Ophthalmology, Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland (Chairman: Prof. Dr. Dr. M. A. Thiel)

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