Stromal haze after combined riboflavin-UVA corneal collagen cross-linking in keratoconus: In vivo confocal microscopic evaluation

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 580-582

  Mazzotta, Cosimo ^a   Balestrazzi, Angelo ^a   Baiocchi, Stefano ^a   Traversi, Claudio ^a   Caporossi, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagen cross linking; Dark microstriae; Haze; In vivo confocal microscopy; Keratoconus; Vogt'sstriae

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYCLOPENTOLATE; DICLOFENAC; OFLOXACIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; RIBOFLAVIN; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA STROMA HAZE; CORNEA SURGERY; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOCONUS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL STROMA; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 34548331722     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01536.x     Document Type: Article

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