Corneal collagen cross-linking with riboflavin and ultraviolet-a irradiation in patients with thin corneas

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-28

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Portaliou, Dimitra M ^a   Diakonis, Vasilios F ^a   Kounis, George A ^a   Panagopoulou, Sophia I ^a   Grentzelos, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555166020     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.05.036     Document Type: Article

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