Transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy with crosslinking for keratoconus

Open Ophthalmology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-68

  Mukherjee, Achyut N ^a   Selimis, Vasilis ^a   Aslanides, Ioannis ^a  

^a Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Clinic   (Greece)

Author keywords

Collagen crosslinking therapy (CXL); Keratoconus; Photorefractive keratectomy; tPRK

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CROSS LINKING; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPOGRAPHY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; KERATOMETRY; TRANSEPITHELIAL PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY;

EID: 84888025639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18743641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874364101307010063     Document Type: Article

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