Corneal cross-linking as a treatment for keratoconus: Four-year morphologic and clinical outcomes with respect to patient age

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 908-916

  Vinciguerra, Riccardo ^a,b   Romano, Mario R ^a   Camesasca, Fabrizio I ^a   Azzolini, Claudio ^b   Trazza, Silvia ^c   Morenghi, Emanuela ^a   Vinciguerra, Paolo ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c Studio Oculistico Nucci Eyes   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABERROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; DISEASE COURSE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACHYMETRY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHEIMPFLUG TOMOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877783344     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.10.023     Document Type: Article

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