Collagen cross-linking with photoactivated riboflavin (PACK-CXL) for the treatment of advanced infectious keratitis with corneal melting.

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To investigate the efficacy and safety of corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) with photoactivated riboflavin (photoactivated chromophore for infectious keratitis [PACK]-CXL) in the management of infectious keratitis with corneal melting.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Ophthalmology

Title: Ophthalmology

ISSN (Electronic): 1549-4713

ISSN (Print): 0161-6420

Publication date (Electronic): Jul 2014

Volume: 121

Issue: 7

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[1 ] Research Institute of Ophthalmology, Cairo, Egypt.

[2 ] Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.

[3 ] Department of Ophthalmology, Beni-Suef University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.

[4 ] Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

[5 ] Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: farhad@hafezi.ch.

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Publisher Item ID: S0161-6420(14)00020-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.01.011

PubMed ID: 24576886

SO-VID: b52a8da0-1adb-4483-9c11-9f5b2b0427c9

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