Impact of short-term versus longterm topical steroid treatment on 'idiopathic' endothelial cell loss after normal-risk penetrating keratoplasty

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-212

  Nguyen, Nhung Xuan ^a,b,d   Pham, Huan Nguyen ^a,c   Langenbucher, Achim ^a   Cursiefen, Claus ^a   Seitz, Berthold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Department of Pediatrics   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endothelial cell; Normal risk penetrating keratoplasty; Subclinical immune reaction; Topical steroid treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ATROPINE; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CELL COUNT; CORNEAL DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846968479     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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