Riboflavin/UVA collagen cross-linking-induced changes in normal and keratoconus corneal stroma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Hayes, Sally ^a   Boote, Craig ^a   Kamma Lorger, Christina S ^a   Rajan, Madhavan S ^b   Harris, Jonathan ^a   Dooley, Erin ^a   Hawksworth, Nicholas ^c   Hiller, Jennifer ^d   Terill, Nick J ^d   Hafezi, Farhad ^e   Brahma, Arun K ^f   Quantock, Andrew J ^a   Meek, Keith M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; RIBOFLAVIN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA STROMA; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; OSMOLARITY; PERIODICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MIDDLE AGED; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79961160040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022405     Document Type: Article

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