Use of amniotic membrane graft and corneal transplantation in a patient with bilateral keratomalacia induced by uncontrolled phenylketonuria

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 629-631

  Habot Wilner, Zohar ^a,b   Spierer, Abraham ^a   Barequet, Irina S ^a   Greenbaum, Aharon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane transplantation; Keratomalacia; Penetrating keratoplasty; Phenylketonuria

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE PLUS NEOMYCIN; DEXAMYCIN; EYE DROPS; OFLOX; OFLOXACIN; PHENYLALANINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNION; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORNEA; CORNEA EROSION; CORNEA NECROSIS; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DIET THERAPY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHENYLKETONURIA; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSPLANTATION;

AMNION; CORNEAL ULCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; PHENYLKETONURIAS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 34547479311     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31803d1617     Document Type: Review

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