Ultraviolet a and riboflavin therapy as an adjunct in corneal ulcer refractory to medical treatment

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 413-415

  Sǎglík, Ayhan ^a   Uçakhan, Odiemüro ^a   Kanpolat, Ayfer ^a  

^a ParkOran Konutlarí ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collagen crosslinking; Corneal ulcer; Keratitis; Riboflavin; Ultraviolet A

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFAZOLIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KETOCONAZOLE; MEDIO CROSS; RIBOFLAVIN; RIBOFLAVIN COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

ABNORMAL VISION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL ULCER REFRACTORY; DISEASE DURATION; EYE PAIN; EYE REDNESS; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRASTROMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYCOSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT HISTORY OF CATARACT SURGERY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; CORNEAL ULCER; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 84890483027     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3182960fdf     Document Type: Article

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