Corneal crosslinking with riboflavin and UVA for the treatment of keratoconus

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1143-1144

  Kymionis, George ^a   Portaliou, Dimitra ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

AGING; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; LACRIMATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RIGIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34250618650     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.03.056     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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