Ulcerative keratitis associated with crack-cocaine abuse

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 263-267

  Pilon, Andrew F ^a,b   Scheiffle, Jill ^a  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal ulceration; Crack eye syndrome; Crack cocaine; Ulcerative keratitis

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; HOMATROPINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSIS; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; KERATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CORNEAL ULCER; CRACK COCAINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS;

EID: 33750994611     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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