Corneal cross-linking in patients with radial keratotomy: Short-term follow-up

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-235

  Fuentes Páez, Graciana ^a   Castanera, Fernando ^a   Salazar Martinez, Rocio Gómez De ^a   Salas, Jose Fernández ^a   Izquierdo, Estefania ^a   Pinalla, Beatriz ^a  

^a CENTRO MÉDICO TEKNON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Corneal cross linking; Hyperopic shift; Radial keratotomy; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA CROSS LINKING; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEAL INSTABILITY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOPIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPECTACLE CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; SPECTACLES; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOTOMY, RADIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84857234604     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31821f28bb     Document Type: Article

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