Keratoconus corneal architecture after ribofavin/ultraviolet A cross-linking: Ultrastructural studies

Molecular Vision

Volumn 19, Issue , 2013, Pages 1526-1537

  Akhtar, Saeed ^a   Almubrad, Turki ^a   Plaladini, Iacopo ^b   Mencucci, Rita ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; PROTEOGLYCAN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; MORPHOLOGY; PANNUS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PROTEOGLYCANS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880444604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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