Ocular injuries from plant sap of genera Euphorbia and Dieffenbachia

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-98

  Hsueh, Kuo Fang ^a,b   Lin, Pei Yu ^a,b   Lee, Shui Mei ^a,b   Hsieh, Chang Fu ^c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Calcium oxalate crystal; Cornea; Dieffenbachia; Euphorbia; Latex

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUOROMETHOLONE; GENTAMICIN; LATEX; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; SOAP; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSIS; CLEANING; CONVALESCENCE; CORNEA INJURY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EROSION; EUPHORBIA; EXPOSURE; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENUS; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PLANT; STROMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; EUPHORBIA; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATEX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1942517409     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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