Successful treatment of diabetic keratopathy with punctal occlusion [8]

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-117

  Sakamoto, Akiko ^a   Sasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Kitagawa, Kazuko ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; RISARESTAT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; LETTER; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 1242320238     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1395-3907.2004.0189h.x     Document Type: Letter

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