Severe blepharoconjunctivitis induced by a peeling mask containing trichloroacetic acid

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 257-259

  Kaiserman, Igor ^a   Kaiserman, Nadia ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blepharoconjunctivitis; Chemical peeling; Trichloroacetic acid

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; CAUSTIC AGENT; EYE DROPS; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ECTROPION; EDEMA; EPIPHORA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIS; LENS; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; BLEPHARITIS; CAUSTICS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

EID: 25144469532     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940590928634     Document Type: Article

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