Amiodarone keratopathy: An in vivo confocal microscopy study

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 148-157

  Uçakhan, Ömür Ö ^a,b   Kanpolat, Ayfer ^a   Yilmaz, Nurgül ^a   Özkan, Muhip ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Ankara ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Confocal microscopy; Cornea verticillata; Drug toxicity; Vertex keratopathy

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; KERATOPATHY; LACRIMAL DUCT; MALE; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROMA; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CORNEA DISEASE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 27244447640     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000165283.36659.35     Document Type: Article

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