Transepithelial corneal collagen cross-linking in ultrathin keratoconic corneas

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1785-1792

  Spadea, Leopoldo ^a   Mencucci, Rita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Keratoconus; Pachymetry; Thin cornea; Topography; Transepithelial corneal collagen cross linking

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; EDETIC ACID; RIBOFLAVIN; RICROLIN TE; TROMETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; APICAL ECTASIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED VIDEOKERATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEAL THICKNESS; CORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; DRUG PENETRATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRIC ASTIGMATISM; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PACHYMETRY VALUE; TRANSEPITHELIAL CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; ULTRATHIN KERATOCONIC CORNEA; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; UNCORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 84869206290     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S37335     Document Type: Article

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