Corneal Healing After Riboflavin Ultraviolet-A Collagen Cross-Linking Determined by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy In Vivo: Early and Late Modifications

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Mazzotta, Cosimo ^a   Traversi, Claudio ^a   Baiocchi, Stefano ^a   Caporossi, Orsola ^b   Bovone, Cristina ^a   Sparano, Maria Caterina ^a   Balestrazzi, Angelo ^a   Caporossi, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; FLURBIPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; OFLOXACIN; PILOCARPINE; RIBOFLAVIN; RICROLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA OPACITY; DEVICE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; KERATOCONUS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SOFT CONTACT LENS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 51649086023     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.05.042     Document Type: Article

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