Transient corneal thinning in eyes undergoing corneal cross-linking

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 533-536

  Holopainen, Juha M ^a   Krootila, Kari ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTONIC SOLUTION; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL CROSS LINKING; CORNEAL THINNING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATECTASIA; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPATHY; MALE; PACHOMETRY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CELL COUNT; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80053298499     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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