Corneal collagen crosslinking in post-LASIK keratectasia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 493-497

  Salgado, Josefina P ^a   Khoramnia, R ^a   Lohmann, C P ^a   Winkler Von Mohrenfels, C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CROSS LINKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KERATECTASIA; KERATOMETRY; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; THERAPY EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL DISEASES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79952929429     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.179424     Document Type: Article

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