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The future role of wavefront-guided excimer ablation

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Thomas Kohnen, Christoph Kühne & Jens Bühren

  2. Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Thomas Kohnen

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  4. Department of Ophthalmology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Thomas Kohnen

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Kohnen, T., Kühne, C. & Bühren, J. The future role of wavefront-guided excimer ablation. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 245, 189–194 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-006-0422-3

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