Corneal collagen cross-linking window absorption

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 550-554

  Rosetta, Pietro ^a   Vinciguerra, Riccardo ^a   Romano, Mario R ^a   Vinciguerra, Paolo ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

corneal infectious keratitis; riboflavin; ultraviolet corneal cross linking

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLISTIMETHATE; FLUCONAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; RIBOFLAVIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING WINDOW ABSORPTION; CORNEA; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG PENETRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; KERATITIS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SLIT LAMP; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CORNEAL ULCER; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875211557     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318259c9bb     Document Type: Article

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