Riboflavin-UVA-induced corneal collagen cross-linking in pediatric patients

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-231

  Caporossi, Aldo ^a   Mazzotta, Cosimo ^a   Baiocchi, Stefano ^a   Caporossi, Tomaso ^b   Denaro, Rosario ^a   Balestrazzi, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corneal collagen cross linking; Keratoconus; Pediatric patients; Younger than 18 years

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ABERROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ABERROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84857225336     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31822159f6     Document Type: Article

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