Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1363-1366 , August 2009

Penetration of riboflavin and postoperative pain in corneal collagen crosslinking: Excimer laser superficial versus mechanical full-thickness epithelial removal

Received 23 February 2009 ,Revised 17 March 2009 ,Accepted 18 March 2009.

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

 Presented in part at the Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology, Tromsø, Norway, June 2008.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00400-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.03.023

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1363-1366 , August 2009

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