Three cases of corneal melting after instillation of a new nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 224-227

  Asai, Tatsuhiko ^a   Nakagami, Tetsushi ^a   Mochizuki, Mina ^a   Hata, Norimasa ^a   Tsuchiya, Takako ^a   Hotta, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bromfenac sodium; Corneal ulcer; Diclofenac sodium; NSAID; Phenylacetic acid derivative

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BROMFENAC; CEFMENOXIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; COLISTIN; COLISTIN PLUS ERYTHROMYCIN; DICLOFENAC; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLOMOXEF; FLUOROMETHOLONE; FOSFOMYCIN; KETOROLAC; LEVOFLOXACIN; LUBRICATING AGENT; MOFEZOLAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OFLOXACIN; PHENYLACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; STEROID; TOSUFLOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BANDAGE; BANDAGE SOFT CONTACT LENS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA MELTING; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA ULCER; EPISCLERITIS; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; KERATOPATHY; LUBRICATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; SLIT LAMP; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BENZOPHENONES; BROMOBENZENES; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS;

EID: 33644839861     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000177835.93130.d4     Document Type: Article

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