Acta Med. 2016, 59: 91-96

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.96

Effect of Riboflavin/UVA Collagen Cross-linking on Central Cornea, Limbus and Intraocular Pressure. Experimental Study in Rabbit Eyes

Vassilios Kozobolisa, Maria Gkikaa, Haris Sideroudia, Efthymia Tsaraglia, Stylliani Lydatakib,c, Irini Naoumidic, Alexandra Giatromanolakid, Dimitrios Mikropoulose, Miguel Teusf, Georgios Labirisa

aEye Institute of Thrace, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
bInstitut Carnot de Bourgogne, University of Burgundy, Bourgogne, France
cInstitute of Vision and Optics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
dDepartment of Pathology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
e1st University Department of Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
fUniversidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain

Received June 8, 2016
Accepted August 23, 2016

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