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Anterior segment optical coherence tomography evaluation of corneal epithelium healing time after 2 different surface ablation methods

Mustafa Eliaçik, Hüseyin Bayramlar, Sevil K. Erdur, Yunus Karabela, Göktuğ Demirci, İbrahim G. Gülkilik and Mustafa Özsütçü
Saudi Medical Journal January 2015, 36 (1) 67-72; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.1.9983
Mustafa Eliaçik
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Eliaçik, Erdur, Karabela, Demirci, Gülkilik,Özsütçü), Medipol University Medical Faculty, and the Department of Ophthalmology (Bayramlar), Medeniyet University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Hüseyin Bayramlar
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Eliaçik, Erdur, Karabela, Demirci, Gülkilik,Özsütçü), Medipol University Medical Faculty, and the Department of Ophthalmology (Bayramlar), Medeniyet University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Sevil K. Erdur
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Eliaçik, Erdur, Karabela, Demirci, Gülkilik,Özsütçü), Medipol University Medical Faculty, and the Department of Ophthalmology (Bayramlar), Medeniyet University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Yunus Karabela
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Eliaçik, Erdur, Karabela, Demirci, Gülkilik,Özsütçü), Medipol University Medical Faculty, and the Department of Ophthalmology (Bayramlar), Medeniyet University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Göktuğ Demirci
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Eliaçik, Erdur, Karabela, Demirci, Gülkilik,Özsütçü), Medipol University Medical Faculty, and the Department of Ophthalmology (Bayramlar), Medeniyet University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
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İbrahim G. Gülkilik
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Eliaçik, Erdur, Karabela, Demirci, Gülkilik,Özsütçü), Medipol University Medical Faculty, and the Department of Ophthalmology (Bayramlar), Medeniyet University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Mustafa Özsütçü
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Eliaçik, Erdur, Karabela, Demirci, Gülkilik,Özsütçü), Medipol University Medical Faculty, and the Department of Ophthalmology (Bayramlar), Medeniyet University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Saudi Medical Journal Jan 2015, 36 (1) 67-72; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.1.9983

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Saudi Medical Journal Jan 2015, 36 (1) 67-72; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.1.9983
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