Adult-onset syphilitic stromal keratitis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 319-321

  Wilhelmus, Kirk R ^a,b   Jones, Dan B ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIDOTOMY; IRITIS; KERATITIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLERITIS; STROMA; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPONEMA;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL STROMA; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RECURRENCE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 31944451802     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.09.015     Document Type: Article

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