Transepithelial corneal collagen cross-linking by iontophoresis of riboflavin

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bikbova, Guzel ^a,b   Bikbov, Mukharram ^a  

^a UFA EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cross linking; iontophoresis; keratoconus; riboflavin

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; AMSLER CHART; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA IMPREGNATION; CORNEA SURGERY; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

CROSS-LINKING; IONTOPHORESIS; KERATOCONUS; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RIBOFLAVIN; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84892937521     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12235     Document Type: Article

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