Sterile corneal melt after descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty in patients with previously undiagnosed sjögren syndrome

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-220

  Shan, Shannon J C ^b   Wu, Elaine I ^a   Akpek, Esen K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; METHOTREXATE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; RO ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA MELT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRY EYE; EPITHELIZATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; LUBRICATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; XEROSTOMIA; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG COMBINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CYCLOSPORINE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISONE; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 60549086647     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2008.601     Document Type: Article

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