Cross-linking in children with keratoconus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 229-239

  McAnena, Lisa ^a   Doyle, Frank ^b   O'Keefe, Michael ^a  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cornea; cross linking; keratoconus; paediatric

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE STUDY; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIAL CELL DENSITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MEAN REFRACTIVE SPHERICAL EQUIVALENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; CORNEA; DRUG EFFECTS; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COLLAGEN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84990831278     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.13224     Document Type: Review

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