Riboflavin osmolar modification for transepithelial corneal cross-linking

Current Eye Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 234-238

  Raiskup, Frederik ^a   Pinelli, Roberto ^b   Spoerl, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b ILMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzalkonium chloride; Cross Linking; Epithelial permeability; Keratoconus; Riboflavin; Transepithelial CXL

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; RIBOFLAVIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CROSS LINKING; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG PENETRATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSEPITHELIAL CORNEAL CROSS LINKING;

ANIMALS; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PERMEABILITY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RABBITS; RIBOFLAVIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84857391941     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2011.637656     Document Type: Article

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