Diffuse lamellar keratitis. Postoperative prophylactic treatment with corticosteroids in an experimental animal study;Diffuse lamelläre keratitis: Tierexperimentelle studie zur evaluierung einer postoperativen kortikosteroidprophylaxe

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 849-853

  Holzer, M P ^a   Solomon, K D ^a   Vargas, L G ^a   Sandoval, H P ^a   Kasper, T J ^a   Vroman, D T ^a   Apple, D J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse lamellar keratitis; DLK; Etiology; LASIK; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; SOAP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RABBIT; SLIT LAMP;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; ENDOTOXINS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RABBITS; SOAPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036924023     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-002-0638-5     Document Type: Article

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