Corneal collagen cross-linking: Ectasia and beyond

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 280-287

  Suri, Kunal ^a   Hammersmith, Kristin M ^a   Nagra, Parveen K ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

corneal cross linking; corneal ectasia; cross linking; infectious keratitis; keratoconus

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE;

CORNEA BURN; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL INFILTRATION; CORNEAL MELTING; CORNEAL SCARRING; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMYCOSIS; KERATOPATHY; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POST CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING HAZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REMISSION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VIRUS KERATITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84862531037     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e328354865e     Document Type: Review

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