Corneal confocal microscopy following conventional, transepithelial, and accelerated corneal collagen cross-linking procedures for keratoconus

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 769-775

  Touboul, David ^a   Efron, Nathan ^c   Smadja, David ^a   Praud, Delphine ^a,b   Malet, Florence ^a   Colin, Joseph ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DEXTRAN; EDETIC ACID; HYALURONIC ACID; OXYBUPROCAINE; PILOCARPINE; RIBOFLAVIN; RICROLIN; RICROLIN TE; THIAMINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TROMETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCELERATED CORNEA COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONVENTIONAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE REGENERATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; STROMA; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSEPITHELIAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WOUND HEALING;

COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE NET; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84870213578     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20121016-01     Document Type: Article

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