Meesmann epithelial corneal dystrophy: recurrence following photorefractive keratectomy.

Can J Ophthalmol

The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye & Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Published: December 2017

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