Factors that correlate with improvement in vision after combined Intacs and trans-epithelial corneal crosslinking

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1597-1601

  Vicente, Lorelei L ^a   Boxer Wachler, Brian S ^a  

^a Boxer Wachler Vision Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NEPAFENAC; PREDNISONE ACETATE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTACS; KERATOMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANS EPITHELIAL CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SODIUM; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649805783     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.182691     Document Type: Article

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