Iontophoretic transepithelial corneal cross-linking to halt keratoconus in pediatric cases: 15-month follow-up

Cornea

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 512-515

  Buzzonetti, Luca ^a,b   Petrocelli, Gianni ^a   Valente, Paola ^a   Iarossi, Giancarlo ^a   Ardia, Roberta ^c   Petroni, Sergio ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

children; corneal cross linking; iontophoresis; keratoconus

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN; COLLAGEN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CELL DENSITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CROSS LINKING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; IONTOPHORETIC DELIVERY DEVICE; KERATOCONUS; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; CELL COUNT; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; CELL COUNT; CHILD; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; KERATOCONUS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RIBOFLAVIN; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84928012637     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000410     Document Type: Article

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