Evaluation of the Efficacy of Excimer Laser Ablation of Cross-Linked Porcine Cornea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Shihao ^a   Li, Yini ^a   Stojanovic, Aleksander ^b   Zhang, Jia ^a   Wang, Yibo ^a   Wang, Qinmei ^a   Seiler, Theo ^c  

^a EYE HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c Institute for Refractive and Ophthalmic Surgery   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CROSS LINKING; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; EXCIMER LASER ABLATION; EYE CARE; EYE PROTECTION; KERATECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; METAL SHIELD; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC KERATECTOMY; SWINE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; LASERS, EXCIMER; SWINE;

SUS;

EID: 84867039062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046232     Document Type: Article

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