Rapid healing of vernal shield ulcer after surgical debridement: A case report

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 472-473

  Ozbek, Zeynep ^a   Burakgazi, Ahmet Z ^a   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Debridement; Shield ulcer; Vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; OFLOXACIN; OLOPATADINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA ULCER; DEBRIDEMENT; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GIANT PAPILLARY CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; SLIT LAMP; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VERNAL SHIELD ULCER; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; CHILD; CORNEA; EYE SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33745056012     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000178725.04070.87     Document Type: Article

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