Permanent corneal haze after riboflavin-UVA-induced cross-linking in keratoconus

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Raiskup, Frederik ^a   Hoyer, Anne ^a   Spoerl, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA HAZINESS; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; SPECTACLES; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 73249123738     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20090813-12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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