Sterile corneal melting and necrotizing scleritis after cataract surgery in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and collagen vascular disease

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 124-130

  Perez, Victor L ^a,b   Azar, Dimitri T ^a   Foster, C Stephen ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

And collagen vascular disease; Cataract surgery; Post operative corneal melting; Post operative necrotizing scleritis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CATARACT EXTRACTION; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCLERITIS; SURGICAL INJURY; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COLLAGEN DISEASES; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SCLERITIS;

EID: 0036770661     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/soph.17.3.124.14786     Document Type: Review

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