Management of pellucid marginal corneal degeneration with simultaneous customized photorefractive keratectomy and collagen crosslinking

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1298-1301

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Karavitaki, Alexandra E ^a   Kounis, George A ^a   Portaliou, Dimitra M ^a   Yoo, Sonia H ^a   Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CROSS LINKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PELLUCID MARGINAL CORNEAL DEGENERATION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67649544600     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.03.025     Document Type: Article

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