Safety profile of high-fluence corneal collagen cross-linking for progressive keratoconus: Preliminary results from a prospective cohort study

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 846-848

  Gatzioufas, Zisis ^a   Richoz, Olivier ^a   Brugnoli, Eliane ^a   Hafezi, Farhad ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLAGEN CROSS LINKAGE; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA SURGERY; CROSS LINKING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84890921505     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20131023-03     Document Type: Article

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