Results of corneal collagen cross-linking in pediatric patients

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 759-762

  Arora, Ritu ^a   Gupta, Deepa ^a   Goyal, Jawahar Lal ^a   Jain, Parul ^a  

^a Guru Nanak Eye Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GATIFLOXACIN; GENTEAL; HOMATROPINE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; L PRED; LOTEPREDNOL; LOTEPREDNOL ACETATE; RIBOFLAVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BANDAGE CONTACT LENS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; CORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; UNCORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84870183183     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20121011-02     Document Type: Article

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