Herpetic keratitis in a patient who used two different prostaglandin analogue ophthalmic solutions: A case report

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 348-349

  Villegas, Víctor M ^a   Díaz, Lilliam ^a   Izquierdo, Natalio J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b NONE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Herpetic keratitis; Latanoprost; Primary open angle glaucoma; Travoprost

Indexed keywords

CLOPROSTENOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EYE DROPS; LATANOPROST; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN F; TRAVOPROST;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA;

AGED; CLOPROSTENOL; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PROSTAGLANDINS F, SYNTHETIC; PROSTAGLANDINS, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 61549120477     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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