Corneal collagen crosslinking using riboflavin and ultraviolet-A light for keratoconus. One-year analysis using Scheimpflug imaging

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 425-432

  Grewal, Dilraj S ^a   Brar, Gagandeep S ^a   Jain, Rajeev ^a   Sood, Vardaan ^a   Singla, Mohit ^a   Grewal, Satinder Pal Singh ^a  

^a Grewal Eye Institute   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL DENSITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549136331     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.11.046     Document Type: Article

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