Corneal allograft rejection: Has the time come for intravenous pulsed methylprednisolone? A debate

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 398-404

  Thiel, Michael A ^a   Ross, Carolyn A ^a   Coster, Douglas J ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ANAPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034520753     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2000.00356.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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