Diffuse lamellar keratitis: Incidence, associations, outcomes, and a new classification system

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1560-1566

  Johnson, Jeffrey D ^a   Harissi Dagher, Mona ^b   Pineda, Roberto ^a   Yoo, Sonia ^a   Azar, Dimitri T ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034765849     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(01)00958-0     Document Type: Article

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