Herpetic keratitis with iritis after corneal crosslinking with riboflavin and ultraviolet A for keratoconus

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1982-1984

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Portaliou, Dimitra M ^a   Bouzoukis, Dimitrios I ^a   Suh, Leejee H ^a   Pallikaris, Aristofanis I ^a   Markomanolakis, Marinos ^a   Yoo, Sonia H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPENTOLATE; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RIBOFLAVIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA; CORNEA SURGERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; IRITIS; KERATOCONUS; LACRIMAL FLUID; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; COLLAGEN; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; IRITIS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; KERATOCONUS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOFLAVIN; TEARS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 35448934025     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.06.036     Document Type: Article

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