Ultraviolet A/riboflavin collagen cross-linking for treatment of moderate bacterial corneal ulcers

Cornea

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 402-406

  Bamdad, Shahram ^a   Malekhosseini, Hossein ^a   Khosravi, Amir ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

collagen cross linking; corneal ulcer; moderate bacterial keratitis; UV A riboflavin

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN; COLLAGEN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CROSS LINKING; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DEFECT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; INTERVENTION STUDY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL ULCER; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925075297     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000375     Document Type: Article

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