UV-A collagen cross-linking treatment of bullous keratopathy combined with corneal ulcer

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-238

  Kozobolis, Vassilios ^a,b   Labiris, Georgios ^a,b   Gkika, Maria ^b   Sideroudi, Harris ^b   Kaloghianni, Eleni ^a,b   Papadopoulou, Dorris ^b   Toufexis, George ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bullous keratopathy; Corneal ulcer; Infectious keratitis; Riboflavin; Ultraviolet corneal cross linking

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; OFLOXACIN; RIBOFLAVIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA ULCER; EPITHELIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; KERATOPATHY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; BLISTER; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL ULCER; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77649092017     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181a81802     Document Type: Article

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