Mitomycin C does not inhibit exacerbation of granular corneal dystrophy type II induced by refractive surface ablation

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 490-496

  Ha, Byoung Jin ^a   Kim, Tae Im ^b,c   Choi, Seung Il ^b,c   Stulting, R Doyle ^d   Lee, Dong Ho ^e   Cho, Hyun Soo ^f   Kim, Eung Kweon ^b,c  

^a Siloan Eye Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Corneal Dystrophy Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Avellino corneal dystrophy; BIGH3; Granular corneal dystrophy type II; Keratoepithelin; LASEK; Mitomycin C; Pentacam; PRK; PTK; Surface ablation; TGF beta

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA SURGERY; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRANULAR CORNEAL DYSTROPHY TYPE II; HUMAN; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ALKYLATING AGENTS; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL OPACITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; MALE; MITOMYCIN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951765347     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181c3258a     Document Type: Article

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