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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

Conjunctival Ultraviolet Autofluorescence as a Measure of Riboflavin and Ultraviolet and Accelerated Cross-Linking Exposure in Keratoconic Patients.

Arleta Waszczykowska, Krzysztof Bartosiewicz, Michał Podgórski, Ewa Zmysłowska-Polakowska, Piotr Jurowski

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Conjunctival Ultraviolet Autofluorescence: A Systematic Review of Factors Affecting Observed Ocular Damage.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Arleta WaszczykowskaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Rehabilitation, 2nd Chair of Eye Diseases, Medical University of Lodz, Żeromskiego 113, 90-549 Łódź, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4950-6390
Krzysztof BartosiewiczDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Rehabilitation, 2nd Chair of Eye Diseases, Medical University of Lodz, Żeromskiego 113, 90-549 Łódź, Poland.
Michał PodgórskiDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital Research Institute, Rzgowska 281/289, 93-338 Lodz, Poland.
Ewa Zmysłowska-PolakowskaDepartment of Endodontics, Medical University of Lodz, Pomorska 251, 92-216 Łódź, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8959-5757
Piotr JurowskiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Rehabilitation, 2nd Chair of Eye Diseases, Medical University of Lodz, Żeromskiego 113, 90-549 Łódź, Poland.
Medical University of Lodz · PLPolish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute · PL

Funding

Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lodzi Statute Grant 503/5-009-01/503-51-002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe study was performed to analyze the prevalence of the conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence (CUVAF) area in keratoconic eyes and changes caused by UVA-irradiation as a component of accelerated corneal cross-linking (aCXL).

methodsThe study group involved 20 keratoconic patients subjected to aCXL surgery in one eye. The comparative group consisted of 111 age- and sex-matched patients with healthy corneas. The images of the anterior segment in both patient groups were taken using a Coroneo camera. In the study group the photos were taken before and immediately after the surgery, and 7 and 30 days following the procedure.

resultsNasal and temporal autofluorescence area (AN+T) were significantly smaller in a keratoconic patients group compared to control group (

conclusionsThe eyes undergoing the aCXL procedure showed no difference in the size of the CUVAF area but such patients should be in strict follow-up in order to reveal UV-related ocular surface diseases.

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aCXLconjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescencecorneal cross-linkingCUVAFkeratoconusultraviolet A

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PMID32825314
PMCPMC7565581
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