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SUBMITTER: Lombardo M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5002487 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lombardo Marco M Serrao Sebastiano S Raffa Paolo P Rosati Marianna M Lombardo Giuseppe G
Journal of ophthalmology 20160815
In this work, the authors presented the techniques and the preliminary results at 6 months of a randomized controlled trial (NCT02117999) comparing a novel transepithelial corneal cross-linking protocol using iontophoresis with the Dresden protocol for the treatment of progressive keratoconus. At 6 months, there was a significant average improvement with an average flattening of the maximum simulated keratometry reading of 0.72 ± 1.20 D (P = 0.01); in addition, corrected distance visual acuity i ...[more]