Unilateral tuberculous conjunctivitis with tarsal necrosis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1475-1478

  Fernandes, Merle ^b   Vemuganti, Geeta K ^a   Pasricha, Gunisha ^b   Bansal, Aashish K ^b   Sangwan, Virender S ^b  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EPISCLERITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, GIANT CELL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 0141919660     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.10.1475     Document Type: Article

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