Stability of simultaneous topography-guided photorefractive keratectomy and riboflavin/UVA cross-linking for progressive keratoconus: Case reports

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Krueger, Ronald R ^a   Kanellopoulos, A John ^b,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Laservisiongr Institute   (Greece)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CROSS LINKING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISION;

COLLAGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449265210     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20100921-11     Document Type: Article

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