Melting after keratoprosthesis implantation: The effects of medroxyprogesterone

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 497-500

  Hicks, Celia R ^a   Crawford, Geoffrey J ^b  

^a LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Artificial cornea; Biointegration; Keratoprosthesis; Medroxyprogesterone; Stromal melting

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEVICE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KERATOPROSTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; POLYHYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0042344729     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200308000-00001     Document Type: Article

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