Long-term Results of Riboflavin Ultraviolet A Corneal Collagen Cross-linking for Keratoconus in Italy: The Siena Eye Cross Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 585-593

  Caporossi, Aldo ^a   Mazzotta, Cosimo ^a   Baiocchi, Stefano ^a   Caporossi, Tomaso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CROSS LINKING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRAVIOLET A COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL COUNT; CHILD; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949654795     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.10.021     Document Type: Article

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