Boston Keratoprosthesis Treatment of Herpes Zoster Neurotrophic Keratopathy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Pavan Langston, Deborah ^a   Dohlman, Claes H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMPHOTERICIN B; BIMATOPROST; KETOCONAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BLEPHARITIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ULCER; DESCEMETOCELE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECTROPION; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYELID DISEASE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER NEUROTROPHIC KERATOPATHY; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; LAGOPHTHALMOS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROSACEA; SLIT LAMP; SUPERINFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CANDIDIASIS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 38649131037     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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