Additional applications of corneal cross linking

Open Ophthalmology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 17-18

  Kozobolis, Vassilios ^a   Labiris, Georgios ^a   Gkika, Maria ^a   Sideroudi, Haris ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bullous keratopathy; Corneal collagen cross linking; Iatrogenic ectasias; Infectious keratitis; Pellucid marginal degeneration; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RIBOFLAVIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; KERATECTASIA; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPATHY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ULCERATIVE KERATITIS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79960084415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18743641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874364101105010017     Document Type: Review

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