Bilateral marginal sterile infiltrates and diffuse lamellar keratitis after laser in situ keratomileusis

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-158

  Ambrósio Jr , Renato ^a,b   Periman, Laura M ^a   Netto, Marcelo V ^a   Wilson, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; LISINOPRIL; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE ACETATE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLEPHARITIS; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN BLAND DYSFUNCTION; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037347728     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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