Bilateral Deep Keratitis Caused by Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-209

  Adan, Consuelo Bueno Diniz ^a,c   Trevisani, Virgínia F M ^a   Vasconcellos, Mônica ^a   De Freitas, Denise ^a   De Souza, Luciene B ^a   Mannis, Mark ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corneal deposits; Keratitis; Keratoendotheliitis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA STROMA; CRYSTAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOENDOTHELITIS; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMAL KERATITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 1442325320     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200403000-00017     Document Type: Article

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