Corneal Endotheliitis Associated with Evidence of Cytomegalovirus Infection

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 798-803

  Chee, Soon Phaik ^a,b,c   Bacsal, Kristine ^a   Jap, Aliza ^a,e   Se Thoe, Su Yun ^d   Cheng, Ching Li ^a   Tan, Ban Hock ^d  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; VALGANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS ATROPHY; KERATOPATHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33947585566     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.07.057     Document Type: Article

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