One-year clinical study on efficacy of corneal cross-linking in Indian children with progressive keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 919-922

  Kodavoor, Shreesha Kumar ^a   Arsiwala, Altaf Z ^a   Ramamurthy, Dhandapani ^a  

^a Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology   (India)

Author keywords

children; corneal collagen cross linking; progressive keratoconus

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN; COLLAGEN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA TOPOGRAPHER; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PACHYMETRY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE REFRACTION; INDIA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84905964065     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000197     Document Type: Article

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