Late corneal scarring after photorefractive photoref ractive keratectomy concurrent with development of systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 750-752

  Cua, Irwin Y ^a   Pepose, Jay S ^a,b  

^a Pepose Vision Institute   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SPECTACLES; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; CICATRIX; CORNEAL DISEASES; DEBRIDEMENT; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036857085     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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