Corneal Cross-Linking in a 4-Year-Old Child with Keratoconus and Down Syndrome

Cornea

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1157-1160

  Sabti, Saad ^a   Tappeiner, Christoph ^a   Frueh, Beatrice E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

childhood; cornea; cross linking; Down syndrome; keratoconus

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN; COLLAGEN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL CROSS LINKING; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOSCOPY; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPLICATION; CORNEA STROMA; KERATOMETRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RETINOSCOPY; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84939802910     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000491     Document Type: Article

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