Conductive keratoplasty followed by collagen cross-linking with riboflavin-UV-A in patients with keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-243

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Kontadakis, Georgios A ^a   Naoumidi, Tatiana L ^a   Kazakos, Dimitrios C ^a   Giapitzakis, Ioannis ^a   Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conductive keratoplasty; Corneal collagen cross linking; Keratoconus

Indexed keywords

BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; FLUOROMETHOLONE; FLURBIPROFEN; RIBOFLAVIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONDUCTIVE KERATOPLASTY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

COLLAGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649177576     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181a818ab     Document Type: Article

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