In vivo biomechanical changes after corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus and corneal ectasia: 1-Year analysis of a randomized, controlled, clinical trial

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-25

  Greenstein, Steven A ^a,b   Fry, Kristen L ^a,b   Hersh, Peter S ^a,b  

^a CLEI Center for Keratoconus   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; RIBOFLAVIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84856463255     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31821eea66     Document Type: Article

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