Visual recovery after corneal crosslinking for keratoconus: A 1-year follow-up study

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 803-807

  Guber, Ivo ^a,c   Guber, Josef ^a   Kaufmann, Claude ^a   Bachmann, Lucas M ^b   Thiel, Michael A ^a  

^a LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b MEDIGNITION INC   (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL WINTERTHUR   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collagen crosslinking; Intraocular straylight; Keratoconus; Riboflavin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEAL CROSSLINKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR STRAYLIGHT; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGULARITY INDEX; SPHERICAL EQUIVALENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RIBOFLAVIN; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877147509     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-012-2133-2     Document Type: Article

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