Conservative treatment of keratoconus by riboflavin-UVA-induced cross-linking of corneal collagen: Qualitative investigation of corneal epithelium and subepithelial nerve plexus regeneration by in vivo HRT II system confocal microscopy in humans

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 530-535

  Mazzotta, C ^a   Traversi, C ^a   Baiocchi, S ^a   Sergio, P ^a   Caporossi, T ^a   Caporossi, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corneal epithelium; Crosslinking; HRT II confocal microscopy; Keratoconus; Nerve plexus; Riboflavin UVA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLLAGEN; CYCLOPENTOLATE; DEXTRAN; LIDOCAINE; OFLOXACIN; RIBOFLAVIN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CROSS LINKING; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOCONUS; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE REGENERATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; REINNERVATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; CORNEA; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33750610305     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210601600405     Document Type: Article

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