Keratopathy after ultraviolet B phototherapy

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 117, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 300-302

  Komericki, Peter ^a   Fellner, Peter ^a   El Shabrawi, Yosuf ^a   Ardjomand, Navid ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Universitats Augenklinik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Complication; Keratopathy; Phototherapy; UVB

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLEPHARITIS; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CORNEA INJURY; ERYTHEMA; EYE PROTECTION; EYELID; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; PHOTOTHERAPY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 20044392164     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-005-0338-7     Document Type: Article

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