Acyclovir Therapy in Prevention of Recurrent Herpetic Keratitis Following Penetrating Keratoplasty

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Ghosh, Sudipta ^a   Jhanji, Vishal ^a,b   Lamoureux, Ecosse ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^a,b   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 38349129969     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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