Crack eye syndrome

Optometry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-197

  Colatrella, Nicholas ^a,b,c   Daniel, Terry E ^a  

^a Optometry Section   (United States)

^b Northeast Ohio Eye Surgeons   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal epithelial defects; Corneal ulceration; Crack cocaine; Crack eye syndrome; Superficial punctate keratopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COCAINE; EYE DROPS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CORNEA ULCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RETINA DISEASE; SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CORNEAL ULCER; CRACK COCAINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; RETINAL DISEASES; SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033088829     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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