One-Year Follow-up of Corneal Confocal Microscopy After Corneal Cross-Linking in Patients With Post Laser In Situ Keratosmileusis Ectasia and Keratoconus

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Diakonis, Vasilios F ^a   Kalyvianaki, Maria ^a   Portaliou, Dimitra ^a   Siganos, Charalampos ^a   Kozobolis, Vasilios P ^a   Pallikaris, Aristophanis I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CROSS LINKING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KERATECTASIA; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPE; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64449087930     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.11.017     Document Type: Article

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