Epithelial thickness profile as a method to evaluate the effectiveness of collagen cross-linking treatment after corneal ectasia

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 356-363

  Reinstein, Dan Z ^a,b,c,d   Gobbe, Marine ^a   Archer, Timothy J ^a   Couch, Darren ^a  

^a LONDON VISION CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLLAGEN; DICLOFENAC; PROXYMETACAINE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; COLLAGEN CROSS LINKAGE; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ECTASIA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM THICKNESS; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; CORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; DIGITAL ULTRASOUND SCANNING; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; PACHYMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MYOPIA; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79955839373     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20100930-01     Document Type: Review

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