Expert practice patterns and opinions on corneal cross-linking for infectious keratitis
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PACK-CXL: Corneal Cross-linking for Treatment of Infectious Keratitis
This article discusses corneal cross-linking (CXL) and how it transitioned from a modality for treating corneal ectatic disorders to an inventive means of treating infectious keratitis. Initially, CXL was successfully developed to halt the progression of ectatic diseases such as keratoconus, using the standard Dresden protocol. Later, indications were extended to treat iatrogenic ectasia develo...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Open Ophthalmology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2397-3269
DOI: 10.1136/bmjophth-2017-000112