Surface alterations, corneal hypoesthesia, and iris atrophy in patients with climatic droplet keratopathy

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 800-804

  Urrets Zavalía, Julio A ^a   Maccio, J Pablo ^a   Knoll, Erna G ^a   Cafaro, Thamara ^b   Urrets Zavalia, Enrique A ^a   Serra, Horacio M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Climatic droplet keratopathy; Corneal hypoesthesia; Iris atrophy; Ocular surface alterations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAKUP TIME; CLIMATIC DROPLET KERATOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHET BONNET ESTHESIOMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA HYPESTHESIA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; IRIS ATROPHY; IRIS DEPIGMENTATION; IRIS DISEASE; KERATOPATHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SCHIRMER TEST; STAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGENTINA; ATROPHY; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; DESERT CLIMATE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; IRIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS; TOUCH; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34547661893     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31806bef31     Document Type: Article

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