Transepithelial corneal collagen crosslinking for progressive keratoconus: 24-month clinical results

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1157-1163

  Caporossi, Aldo ^a   Mazzotta, Cosimo ^a   Paradiso, Anna Lucia ^a   Baiocchi, Stefano ^a   Marigliani, Davide ^a   Caporossi, Tomaso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; TRANSEPITHELIAL CORNEAL COLLAGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; OPEN STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PACHYMETRY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880920948     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.03.026     Document Type: Article

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