Intracameral SF6 injection and anterior segment OCT-based documentation for acute hydrops management in pellucid marginal corneal degeneration

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 164-166

  Vanathi, M ^a   Behera, Geeta ^a   Vengayil, Sujith ^a   Panda, Anita ^a   Khokhar, S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute hydrops; Pellucid marginal corneal degeneration; PMCD; SF6; SLOCT

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DISEASE DURATION; EYE PAIN; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROPS; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELLUCID MARGINAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SUPINE POSITION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 44649119904     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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