Clinical and corneal biomechanical changes after collagen cross-linking with riboflavin and uv irradiation in patients with progressive keratoconus: Results after 2 years of follow-up

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 609-614

  Goldich, Yakov ^a   Marcovich, Arie L ^b   Barkana, Yaniv ^a   Mandel, Yossi ^c   Hirsh, Ami ^d   Morad, Yair ^a   Avni, Isaac ^a   Zadok, David ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d Einaim Refractive Surgery Centers   (Israel)

Author keywords

collagen cross linking; progressive keratoconus; riboflavin; UVA irradiation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEST SPECTACLE CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CASE REPORT; COLLAGEN CROSS LINKAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; UNCORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RIBOFLAVIN; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84861093104     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318226bf4a     Document Type: Article

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