Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 425-432 , March 2009

Corneal collagen crosslinking using riboflavin and ultraviolet-A light for keratoconus: One-year analysis using Scheimpflug imaging

Received 14 July 2008 ,Revised 19 November 2008 ,Accepted 21 November 2008.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Presented in part at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Chicago, Illinois, April 2008, and the World Ophthalmology Congress, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, June 2008.

PII: S0886-3350(08)01220-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.11.046

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 425-432 , March 2009

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