Corneal distribution of riboflavin prior to collagen cross-linking

Current Eye Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-121

  Søndergaard, Anders P ^a   Hjortdal, Jesper ^a   Breitenbach, Thomas ^b   Ivarsen, Anders ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Collagen; Cornea; Cross linking; Riboflavin; UVA

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DEXTRAN; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; EYE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 76749123952     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713680903431847     Document Type: Article

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