Relapsing Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis after Laser In Situ Keratomileusis Associated with Recurrent Erosion Syndrome

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 396-398

  Jeng, Bennie H ^a   Stewart, Jay M ^a   McLeod, Stephen D ^a   Hwang, David G ^a,b  

^a Univ of California San Francisco ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EYE DROPS; FLUOROMETHOLONE; FLUOROMETHOLONE PLUS OFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA EROSION; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT EROSION SYNDROME; SLIT LAMP; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; RECURRENCE; SYNDROME;

EID: 1542348304     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.3.396     Document Type: Article

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