Interface corneal edema secondary to steroid-induced elevation of intraocular pressure simulating diffuse lamellar keratitis

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 441-447

  Galal, Ahmed ^a,b,e   Artola, Alberto ^a   Belda, Jose ^a   Rodriguez Prats, Jose ^a   Claramonte, Pascual ^a   Sánchez, Antonio ^c   Ruiz Moreno, Oscar ^c   Merayo, Jesús ^d   Alió, Jorge ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

^c Refractive Surgery and Cornea Unit   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^e Alicante   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; LEVOBUNOLOL; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERFACE CORNEA EDEMA; INTERFACE FLUID SYNDROME; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATITIS; MALE; NON PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYNDROME; TONOMETRY;

EID: 33646707511     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20060501-04     Document Type: Article

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