Recurrent Corneal Erosion Syndrome

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-15

  Das, Sujata ^a   Seitz, Berthold ^b  

^a LV Prasad Eye Institute Bhubaneswar Campus   (India)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

anterior stromal puncture; excimer laser ablation; phototherapeutic keratectomy; recurrent corneal erosion; superficial keratectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARSENIC; ATROPINE; BORIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; DEXTRAN; DOXYCYCLINE; GELATINASE B; GELATINASE INHIBITOR; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C; SUBSTANCE P DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; ZINC SULFATE;

ANTERIOR STROMAL PUNCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EROSION; CORNEA SURGERY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; EXCIMER LASER; EYE PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATECTOMY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC KERATECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CORNEAL EROSION SYNDROME; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SERUM; SYMPTOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL SURGERY, LASER; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; OINTMENTS; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38049015796     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2007.10.011     Document Type: Review

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