Treatment of HSV-1 stromal keratitis with topical cyclosporin A: A pilot study

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 237, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 435-438

  Heiligenhaus, Arnd ^a   Steuhl, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; EYE DROPS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA ULCER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATITIS; MALE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLIT LAMP; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CORNEAL STROMA; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032946414     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050257     Document Type: Article

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