Modified corneal collagen crosslinking reduces corneal oedema and diurnal visual fluctuations in Fuchs dystrophy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 660-661

  Hafezi, Farhad ^a   Dejica, Peter ^b   Majo, Francois ^c  

^a IROC   (Switzerland)

^b Private Practice in Internal Medicine   (Switzerland)

^c HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77952152410     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.162479     Document Type: Letter

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