Effects of corneal cross-linking on contrast sensitivity, visual acuity, and corneal topography in patients with keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 591-596

  Lamy, Ricardo ^a,b   Netto, Camila F ^a   Reis, Ricardo G ^a   Procopio, Bruno ^a   Porco, Travis C ^b   Stewart, Jay M ^b   Dantas, Adalmir M ^a   Moraes, Haroldo V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

contrast sensitivity; corneal topography; keratoconus; riboflavin; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLLAGEN; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876291838     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31826672e2     Document Type: Article

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