Corneal collagen cross-linking to stop corneal ectasia exacerbated by radial keratotomy

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-228

  Mazzotta, Cosimo ^a   Baiocchi, Stefano ^a   Denaro, Rosario ^a   Tosi, Gian Marco ^a   Caporossi, Tomaso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

corneal cross linking; hyperopic shift; keratoconus; radial keratotomy

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; LIDOCAINE; PILOCARPINE; RIBOFLAVIN; RICROLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CORNEA COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ECTASIA; CROSS LINKING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; RADIATION DOSE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOTOMY, RADIAL; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78651369530     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181e16de5     Document Type: Article

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