The efficacy of corneal cross-linking shows a sudden decrease with very high intensity UV light and short treatment time

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1176-1180

  Wernli, Jeremy ^a   Schumacher, Silvia ^a   Spoerl, Eberhard ^b   Mrochen, Michael ^a  

^a IROC Science to Innovation AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEAL CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; KERATOCONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEAL DISEASES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RIBOFLAVIN; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 84874983825     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-11409     Document Type: Article

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