Potential use of riboflavin/UVA cross-linking in bullous keratopathy

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-117

  Wollensak, Gregor ^a,c   Aurich, Henning ^b   Wirbelauer, Christopher ^b   Pham, Duy Thoai ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bullous keratopathy; Cross linking; Riboflavin; UVA

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; RIBOFLAVIN;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CROSS LINKING; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; SCAR FORMATION; SLIT LAMP; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 58149093119     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000187630     Document Type: Article

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