Buphthalmos following systemic steroid treatment

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 311-312

  Al Shahwan, Sami ^a   Khan, Arif O ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRACLONIDINE; DORZOLAMIDE; LATANOPROST; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TIMOLOL MALEATE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BUPHTHALMOS; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG FORMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHYSICIAN;

EID: 33750159498     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20060901-07     Document Type: Article

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