Transepithelial corneal cross-linking in pediatric patients: Early results

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 763-767

  Buzzonetti, Luca ^a   Petrocelli, Gianni ^a,b  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EDETATE SODIUM; HYALURONIC ACID; OXYBUPROCAINE; PILOCARPINE; RIBOFLAVIN; TROMETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA HIGHER ORDER ABERRATION; CORNEA SPHERICAL ABERRATION; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPHERICAL EQUIVALENT REFRACTION; TRANSEPITHELIAL CORNEAL CROSS LINKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; CELL COUNT; CHILD; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RIBOFLAVIN; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84870186634     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20121011-03     Document Type: Article

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