Accelerated Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking in Pediatric Patients: Two-Year Follow-Up Results

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Shetty, Rohit ^a   Nagaraja, Harsha ^a   Jayadev, Chaitra ^a   Pahuja, Natasha Kishore ^a   Kurian Kummelil, Mathew ^a   Nuijts, Rudy M M A ^b  

^a Narayana Nethralaya Eye Hospital ^*  (India)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CYCLOSPORIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NEPAFENAC; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; RIBOFLAVIN; COLLAGEN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ACCELERATED CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE COURSE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; SURGICAL PATIENT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84923519564     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/894095     Document Type: Article

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