Deep lamellar keratoplasty for Acanthamoeba keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1021-1023

  Parthasarathy, Anand ^a,b   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Big bubble technique; Deep lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; GENTAMICIN; HEXAMIDINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; POLYHEXAMIDE METHYLENE BIGUANIDE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 34548287612     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181131ea9     Document Type: Article

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