Corneal crosslinking with riboflavin and ultraviolet A. I. principles

Ocular Surface

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 65-74

  Raiskup, Frederik ^a   Spoerl, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cornea; Crosslinking; Keratectasia; Keratoconus; Riboflavin; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA STROMA; CROSS LINKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; TRANSENDOTHELIAL AND TRANSEPITHELIAL MIGRATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84876536307     PISSN: 15420124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtos.2013.01.002     Document Type: Review

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