Collagen cross-linking using rose bengal and green light to increase corneal stiffness

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3426-3433

  Cherfan, Daniel ^a   Verter, E Eri ^b   Melki, Samir ^c   Gisel, Thomas E ^b   Doyle, Francis J ^b   Scarcelli, Giuliano ^b   Yun, Seok Hyun ^b   Redmond, Robert W ^b   Kochevar, Irene E ^b  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Boston Eye Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen cross linking; Corneal stiffness; Ectatic disorder; Keratoconus; Photochemistry

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ROSE BENGAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GREEN LIGHT; KERATOCONUS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; RABBIT; RIGIDITY; SOLID STATE LASER; UV LAMP; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84878140450     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-11509     Document Type: Article

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