Accelerated corneal cross-linking in pediatric patients with keratoconus: 24-month outcomes

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 843-849

  Ozgurhan, Engin Bilge ^a   Kara, Necip ^b   Cankaya, Kadir Ilker ^a   Kurt, Tugba ^a   Demirok, Ahmet ^a  

^a Beyoglu Eye Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CELL DENSITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CROSS LINKING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; CELL COUNT; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; INTERVENTION STUDY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COLLAGEN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADOLESCENT; CELL COUNT; CHILD; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84916594183     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20141120-01     Document Type: Article

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