Herpetic stromal disease: Response to acyclovir/steroid therapy

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-270

  O'Brien, William J ^a   Segundo, Adeline P ^a   Guy, Julie ^a   Dorn, Eric M ^a   Taylor, Jerry L ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Corticosteroid; Herpes simplex virus; Polymerase chain reaction; Steroid rebound

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STEROID THERAPY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029947919     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00089.x     Document Type: Article

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