Corneal collagen crosslinking in refractive surgery

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 251-256

  Cheema, Anjum S ^a   Mozayan, Arash ^a   Channa, Prabjot ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

crosslinking; ectasia; keratoconus; laser in situ keratomileusis; refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REFRACTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84862567665     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3283543cbd     Document Type: Review

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