Pregnancy-related exacerbation of iatrogenic keratectasia despite corneal collagen crosslinking

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1219-1221

  Hafezi, Farhad ^a   Iseli, Hans Peter ^a  

^a Institute for Refractive and Ophthalmic Surgery IROC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CROSS LINKING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IATROGENIC KERATECTASIA; KERATOMILEUSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 45349107304     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.02.036     Document Type: Article

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