A randomized, controlled trial of corneal collagen cross-linking in progressive keratoconus: Three-year results

Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 812-821

  Wittig Silva, Christine ^a,b   Chan, Elsie ^a,b   Islam, Fakir M A ^a,c   Wu, Tony ^a   Whiting, Mark ^b   Snibson, Grant R ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR EYE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXTRAN; EYE DROPS; FLUOROMETHOLONE ACETATE; OFLOXACIN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DISEASE; APPLANATION TONOMETER; ARTICLE; BANDAGE CONTACT LENS; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED VIDEOKERATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG THERAPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLDMANN APPLANATION TONOMETER; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACHYMETER; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REDUCTION; ROSACEA; SCAR FORMATION; SLIT LAMP; SOFT CONTACT LENS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897954232     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.10.028     Document Type: Article

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