Orbscan II anterior elevation changes following corneal collagen cross-linking treatment for keratoconus

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 715-722

  Tu, Kyaw Lin ^a,b   Aslanides, Ioannis M ^b,c  

^a STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Institute   (Greece)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FLUOROMETHOLONE; OFLOXACIN; RIBOFLAVIN; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CROSS LINKING; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEA STROMA; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449728174     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20090707-06     Document Type: Article

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