Corneal Cross-linking for the treatment of keratoconus: Preliminary;Ultra B2 - Promoção de ligações covalentes do colágeno corneal (Corneal cross-linking) no tratamento de ceratocone: Resultados preliminares

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 813-818

  Jankov, Mirko R ^a   Hafezi, Farhad ^b   Beko, Maja ^c   Ignjatovic, Zora ^c   Djurovic, Branislav ^c   Markovic, Vujica ^d   Schor, Paulo ^e  

^a Laser Focus ^*  (Serbia)

^b IROC   (Switzerland)

^c Milos Eye Clinic   (Serbia)

^d Medicinski Fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu   (Serbia)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Collagen radiation effects; Cross linking reagents; Keratoconus therapy; Phototherapy; Riboflavin therapeutic use; Ultraviolet rays; Ultraviolet therapy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA STROMA; DRUG EFFECT; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67649882063     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492008000600009     Document Type: Article

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