Simultaneous topography-guided PRK followed by corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Kontadakis, Georgios A ^a   Kounis, George A ^a   Portaliou, Dimitra M ^a   Karavitaki, Alexandra E ^a   Magarakis, Michael ^a   Yoo, Sonia ^b   Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; CORNEA SURGERY; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73249135170     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20090813-09     Document Type: Conference Paper

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