Results of confocal microscopy examinations after collagen cross-linking with riboflavin and UVA light in patients with progressive keratoconus

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-104

  Knappe, Steffi ^a   Stachs, Oliver ^a   Zhivov, Andrey ^a   Hovakimyan, Marina ^a   Guthoff, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activated keratocytes; Collagen cross linking; In vivo confocal laser scanning microscopy; Keratoconus; Riboflavin; UVA irradiation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; DICLOFENAC; OFLOXACIN; PARACETAMOL; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CROSS LINKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; MALE; NERVE PLEXUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77957134467     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319465     Document Type: Article

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