Recurrent corneal perforation and acute calcareous corneal degeneration in chronic graft-versus-host disease

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 334-339

  Yeh, Po Ting ^a,b   Hou, Yu Chih ^a   Lin, Wei Chou ^a   Wang, I Jong ^a   Hu, Fung Rong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b EN CHU KONG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane transplantation; Calcareous degeneration; Graft versus host disease; Keratoconjunctivitis sicca; Tarsorrhaphy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITHELIZATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33645286489     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0929-6646(09)60125-x     Document Type: Article

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