Amiodarone-induced keratopathy: Full-thickness corneal involvement

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-132

  Erdurmus, Mesut ^a   Selcoki, Yusuf ^a   Yagci, Ramazan ^a   Hepsen, Ibrahim F ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Corneal endothelium; Keratopathy

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EYE EXAMINATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CORNEAL DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 40449139136     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31814934c0     Document Type: Article

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