Efficacy of corneal collagen cross-linking for treatment of keratoconus: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Li, Jingjing ^a   Ji, Peng ^b   Lin, Xiaoti Lin ^c  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c FUJIAN PROVINCIAL TUMOR HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COLLAGEN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84930671862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127079     Document Type: Article

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