Successful treatment of surgically induced necrotizing scleritis with tacrolimus [1]

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-99

  Young, Alvin L ^a   Wong, S M ^a   Leung, Alfred T S ^a   Leung, Gloria Y S ^a   Cheng, Lulu L ^a   Lam, Dennis S C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

FK506; Patch graft; Surgically induced necrotizing scleritis; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DICLOFENAC; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; EYE SURGERY; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; MALE; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCLERITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SCLERA; SCLERITIS; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 14744293102     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.00955.x     Document Type: Letter

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