Inadvertent conjunctival trauma related to contact with drug container tips: A Masquerade syndrome

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 796-800

  Solomon, Abraham ^a   Chowers, Itai ^a   Raiskup, Frederik ^a   Siganos, Charalambos S ^b   Frucht Pery, Joseph ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFAZOLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; EYE OINTMENT; FLUOROMETHOLONE; GENTAMICIN; LACRI LUBE; LUBRICATING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENS; CONTAINER; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; DURATEARS; EPISCLERITIS; EROSION; EVALUATION; EYE INJURY; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HEALING; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0037399288     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01967-X     Document Type: Article

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