A new treatment of keratectasia after LASIK with riboflavin/UVA light cross-linking;Eine neue behandlung der keratektasie nach LASIK durch kollagenvernetzung mit riboflavin/UVA-licht

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 222, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 430-436

  Kohlhaas, Markus ^a   Spoerl, E ^a   Speck, A ^a   Schilde, T ^a   Sandner, D ^a   Pillunat, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corneal cross linking; Keratectasia; LASIK; Riboflavin

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CROSS LINKING; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATECTASIA; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REFRACTION ERROR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 20444468883     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-857950     Document Type: Article

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