Two-year corneal cross-linking results in patients younger than 18 years with documented progressive keratoconus

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 520-526

  Vinciguerra, Paolo ^a   Albé, Elena ^a   Frueh, Beatrice E ^b   Trazza, Silvia ^a   Epstein, Daniel ^c  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN CROSS LINKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MYOPIA; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUPILLOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ABERROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; CELL COUNT; CHILD; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84865811200     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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