Corneal melting after ocular surgery in patients with auto-immune disorders;Immuunstromale corneale ulceratie na een oogoperatie bij patiënten met collageen-vasculaire auto-immuunaandoeningen

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 151, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 920-923

  Van Der Meulen, I J E ^a   Van Rooij, J ^b   Hazes, J W M ^c   Van Cleynenbreugel, H ^b   Geerards, A J M ^b   Remeyer, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Het Oogziekenhuis Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LUBRICATING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL ULCER; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34248165528     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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