Intacs in advanced keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1022-1029

  Shetty, Rohit ^a   Kurian, Mathew ^a   Anand, Doraiswamy ^a   Mhaske, Prerna ^a   Narayana, Kannan M ^a   Shetty, Bhujang K ^a  

^a Narayana Health City   (India)

Author keywords

Advanced keratoconus; Intacs; Intrastromal corneal rings

Indexed keywords

FLUOROMETHOLONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MEAN REFRACTIVE SPHERICAL EQUIVALENT; PACHOMETRY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; CORNEA; DISEASE COURSE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149153197     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318172fc54     Document Type: Article

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