Penetration of riboflavin and postoperative pain in corneal collagen crosslinking. Excimer laser superficial versus mechanical full-thickness epithelial removal

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1363-1366

  Bakke, Espen F ^a   Stojanovic, Aleksandar ^a   Chen, Xiangjun ^a   Drolsum, Liv ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CROSSLINKING; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ECTASIA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 67651071282     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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