Combined transepithelial phototherapeutic keratectomy and corneal collagen cross-linking for progressive keratoconus

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1777-1784

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Grentzelos, Michael A ^a   Kounis, George A ^a   Diakonis, Vasilios F ^a   Limnopoulou, Aliki N ^a   Panagopoulou, Sophia I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MECHANICAL EPITHELIAL DEBRIDEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; TRANSEPITHELIAL PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC KERATECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865698213     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.03.038     Document Type: Article

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