Correlation between epithelial thickness in normal corneas, untreated ectatic corneas, and ectatic corneas previously treated with CXL; is overall epithelial thickness a very early ectasia prognostic factor?

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 789-800

  Kanellopoulos, Anastasios John ^a,b   Aslanides, Ioannis M ^c   Asimellis, George ^a  

^a Laservision Eye Institute   (Greece)

^b Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Clinic   (Greece)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea epithelial thickness; Corneal pachymetry; Ectasia; Keratoconus screening

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; CROSS LINKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84863428442     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S31524     Document Type: Article

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