Corneal collagen cross-linking for progressive keratoconus in pediatric patients: A feasibility study

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 793-796

  Zotta, Paraskevi G ^a   Moschou, Kostas A ^a   Diakonis, Vasilios F ^b   Kymionis, George D ^b   Almaliotis, Diamantis D ^c   Karamitsos, Athanasios P ^c   Karampatakis, Vasileios E ^c  

^a Eye Center of Diathlasis   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; DENACLOF; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; DEXTRAN; DICLOFENAC; FLUOROMETHOLONE; MEDICROSS; PROXYMETACAINE; RIBOFLAVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BANDAGE CONTACT LENS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CORNEA COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE REFRACTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84870192321     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20121011-08     Document Type: Article

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