Confocal microscopic findings in a case of delayed-onset bilateral diffuse lamellar keratitis after laser in situ keratomileusis

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1467-1470

  Chung, Moonyoung S ^a   Pepose, Jay S ^a,b   Al Agha, Sameh ^c   Cavanagh, H Dwight ^c  

^a Pepose Vision Institute   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; CYCLOSPORIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; STAINING; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL HAZE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY;

ADULT; CORNEA; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PREDNISOLONE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0036691749     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(01)01353-0     Document Type: Article

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