Delayed healing of corneal epithelium after phototherapeutic keratectomy for lattice dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-287

  Das, Sujata ^a,b   Langenbucher, Achim ^a   Seitz, Berthold ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b ECOS Eye Hospital   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corneal epithelial healing; Lattice dystrophy; o PTK; Phototherapeutic keratectomy; Superficial corneal opacity

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTOLATE; HYALURONIC ACID; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BURN; COGAN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA OPACITY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; HERPES; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SKIN DEFECT; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCEIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 13144285425     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000138853.26332.55     Document Type: Article

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