Corneal thickness changes after corneal collagen crosslinking for keratoconus and corneal ectasia: One-year results

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 691-700

  Greenstein, Steven A ^a   Shah, Vinnie P ^a,b   Fry, Kristen L ^a   Hersh, Peter S ^a,b  

^a CLEI Center for Keratoconus   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; EYE DROPS; MEDIO CROSS; RIBOFLAVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; CORNEAL ECTASIA; CORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACHYMETRY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLIT LAMP; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UNCORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79952929557     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.10.052     Document Type: Article

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