Comparative study of riboflavin-UVA cross-linking and "flash- linking" using surface wave elastometry

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Rocha, Karolinne Maia ^a,b,d   Ramos Esteban, Jerome C ^a   Qian, Ying ^a   Herekar, Satish ^c   Krueger, Ronald R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c PriaVision Inc   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; POVIDONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ELASTOMETRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SURFACE WAVE; SWINE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 51149120215     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597x-20080901-20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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