Tarantula keratouveitis

Cornea

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 393-394

  Watts, Patrick ^a,c   Mcpherson, Roger ^b   Hawksworth, Nick R ^a  

^a ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Keratouveitis; Tarantula

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; EYE IRRITATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; IRITIS; KERATITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER BITE; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CORNEA; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HAIR; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; SPIDERS; UVEITIS;

EID: 0034074909     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200005000-00027     Document Type: Article

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