Favourable response to infliximab in a case of bilateral refractory Mooren's ulcer

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 871-873

  Fontana, Luigi ^a   Parente, Gabriella ^a   Neri, Piergiorgio ^b   Reta, Massimo ^a   Tassinari, Giorgio ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corneal perforation; Infliximab; Mooren's ulcer; Tumour necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA RODENT ULCER; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERATOPLASTY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORNEAL ULCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 37549009890     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01609.x     Document Type: Article

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