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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Post-LASIK Keratoectasia Developing with Sleep Apnea and Floppy Eyelid Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Noa Avni-Zauberman, David S Rootman

Citation Information : Avni-Zauberman N, Rootman DS. Post-LASIK Keratoectasia Developing with Sleep Apnea and Floppy Eyelid Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Int J Kerat Ect Cor Dis 2014; 3 (1):44-46.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10025-1077

Published Online: 01-06-2016

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2014; The Author(s).


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Zauberman NA, Rootman DS. Post- LASIK Keratoectasia Developing with Sleep Apnea and Floppy Eyelid Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Int J Kerat Ect Cor Dis 2014;3(1):44-46.


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