Drug-induced ocular side-effects with isotretinoin

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 497-501

  Santodomingo Rubido, Jacinto ^a   Barrado Navascués, Eva ^a   Rubido Crespo, María José ^a  

^a EURO OPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Corneal steepening; Isotretinoin; Ocular side effect; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ISOTRETINOIN;

ABNORMAL MEIBOMIAN GLAND SECRETION; ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROCONJUNCTIVITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA OPACITY; DARK ADAPTATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MEIBOMIAN GLAND ATOPY; MYOPIA; OCULAR SICCA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SIDE EFFECT; SLIT LAMP; SYMPTOM; TEAR OSMOLARITY; TERATOGENIC OCULAR ABNORMALITY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 49749091188     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2008.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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