Effect of complete epithelial debridement before riboflavin-ultraviolet-A corneal collagen crosslinking therapy

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 657-661

  Hayes, Sally ^a   O'Brart, David P ^a   Lamdin, Letitia S ^a   Doutch, James ^a   Samaras, Kostas ^a   Marshall, John ^a   Meek, Keith M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN; TETRACAINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA STROMA; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; ENUCLEATION; EPITHELIUM BASAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; DEBRIDEMENT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; SWINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 41249090511     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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