Collagen cross-linkage: A comprehensive review and directions for future research

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 965-970

  Ashwin, Pammal T ^a   McDonnell, P J ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; PILOCARPINE; RIBOFLAVIN; STEROID;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL REGENERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA DISEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; KERATECTASIA; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SLIT LAMP; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COLLAGEN; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; RIBOFLAVIN; SUS SCROFA; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 77955240630     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.164228     Document Type: Review

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