Simultaneous topography-guided photorefractive keratectomy followed by corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 748-755

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Portaliou, Dimitra M ^a   Kounis, George A ^a   Limnopoulou, Aliki N ^a   Kontadakis, Georgios A ^a   Grentzelos, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CROSS LINKING; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KERATOCONUS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055006042     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.04.033     Document Type: Article

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