Excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy retreatment of anterior basement membrane dystrophy and Salzmann's nodular degeneration with topical mitomycin C

Cornea

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 828-830

  Marcon, Alexandre S ^a   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior basement membrane dystrophy; Cornea; Mitomycin C; Phototherapeutic keratectomy; Refractive surgery; Salzmann's nodular degeneration

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; MITOMYCIN C; STEROID;

AGED; ANTERIOR BASEMENT MEMBRANE DYSTROPHY; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EROSION; DYSTROPHY; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SALZMANN NODULAR DEGENERATION; SCAR FORMATION; SLIT LAMP; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MITOMYCIN; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036828041     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200211000-00020     Document Type: Article

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