Impact of keratoconus, cross-linking and cross-linking combined with photorefractive keratectomy on self-reported quality of life

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 734-739

  Labiris, Georgios ^a,b   Giarmoukakis, Athanassios ^b   Sideroudi, Haris ^b   Gkika, Maria ^b   Fanariotis, Michael ^b   Kozobolis, Vassilios ^a,b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b Eye Institute of Thrace   (Greece)

Author keywords

cross linking; cross linking combined topography guided PRK; keratoconus; NEI VFQ 25; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VISION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIBOFLAVIN; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84862863548     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823cbe85     Document Type: Article

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