Transepithelial corneal collagen crosslinking for progressive keratoconus in a pediatric age group

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1164-1170

  Salman, Abdelrahman G ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DISEASE COURSE; EGYPT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN DEFECT; THERAPY EFFECT; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84880920690     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.03.017     Document Type: Article

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