Progression of keratoconus and efficacy of corneal collagen cross-linking in children and adolescents

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 753-758

  Chatzis, Nico ^a   Hafezi, Farhad ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROMETHOLONE; OFLOXACIN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANDAGE CONTACT LENS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870232442     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20121011-01     Document Type: Article

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