CV Lattes
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Graduated from Ophthalmic Technology by UNIFESP - Federal University of Sao Paulo. Has experience in Biochemistry, focusing on Chemistry of Macromolecules, acting on the following subjects: crosslinking, polyphenols, cornea and stryphnodendron adstringens. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Keratoconus is a non-inflammatory eye disease that affects the shape and thickness of the cornea, resulting in loss of visual acuity and hence quality of life. In this disease, the cornea acquires a cone shape due to the loosening of collagen fibrils. Some treatments are useful in the correction of refractive errors, but without effect on disease progression. The crosslinking procedure us…
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