Surgical therapies for Acanthamoeba keratitis by phototherapeutic keratectomy and deep lamellar keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 876-879

  Taenaka, Naoko ^a   Fukuda, Masahiko ^a   Hibino, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kato, Yoko ^a   Arimura, Eiko ^a   Ishii, Yasuo ^b   Shimomura, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b New Vision Eye Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Deep lamellar keratoplasty; Phototherapeutic keratectomy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; STEROID; TRIFLURIDINE;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; DEEP LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPITHELIUM; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34547685973     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318074b385     Document Type: Article

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