Long-term recovery of the human corneal endothelium after toxic injury by benzalkonium chloride

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1460-1463

  Hughes, E H ^a   Pretorius, M ^a   Eleftheriadis, H ^a   Liu, C S C ^a,b  

^a SUSSEX EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CHEMICAL INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; PROGNOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 35748965917     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.109439     Document Type: Article

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