Photorefractive Keratectomy in a Patient with Epithelial Basement Membrane Dystrophy

George D. Kymionis Institute of Vision and Optics, University of Crete, Greece

Vasillios F. Diakonis Institute of Vision and Optics, University of Crete, Greece

Dimitrios I. Bouzoukis Institute of Vision and Optics, University of Crete, Greece

Sonia H. Yoo Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, FL, USA

Ioannis G. Pallikaris Institute of Vision and Optics, University of Crete, Greece

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