Intraoperative and Postoperative Effects of Corneal Collagen Cross-linking on Progressive Keratoconus
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Accelerated versus Conventional Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking for Progressive Keratoconus
We aimed to compare the effect of accelerated and conventional corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) on visual, refractive, and topographic parameters in patients with progressive keratoconus. Between December 2014 and February 2016, at Imam Khomeini Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran, we compared 37 eyes of 21 patients treated by conventional CXL (CCXL; 3 mW/cm2 in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Ophthalmology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0003-9950
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.205