Nd:YAG laser corneal disruption as adjuvant treatment for infectious crystalline keratopathy

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 800-801

  Daneshvar, Hossein ^a   MacInnis, Brent ^a   Hodge, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CORNEA; CRYSTAL; FEMALE; GLYCOCALYX; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS CRYSTALLINE KERATOPATHY; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; YAG LASER;

BIOFILMS; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033865603     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00468-2     Document Type: Article

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