Morphological and functional correlations in riboflavin UV A corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-265

  Mazzotta, Cosimo ^a   Caporossi, Tomaso ^b   Denaro, Rosario ^a   Bovone, Cristina ^a   Sparano, Caterina ^a   Paradiso, Anna ^a   Baiocchi, Stefano ^a   Caporossi, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

confocal microscopy; cross linking; elevation analysis; functional results; morphological results; pachymetry

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLARE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; OPEN STUDY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; THERAPY EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860471654     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01890.x     Document Type: Article

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