Diffuse lamellar keratitis after corneal crosslinking in a patient with post-laser in situ keratomileusis corneal ectasia

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2135-2137

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Bouzoukis, Dimitrios I ^a   Diakonis, Vasilios F ^a   Portaliou, Dimitra M ^a   Pallikaris, Aristofanis I ^a   Yoo, Sonia H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEAL ECTASIA; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL DISEASES; DEXAMETHASONE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 36348963536     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.06.070     Document Type: Article

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