Intravenous dexamethasone vs methylprednisolone pulse therapy in the treatment of acute endothelial graft rejection

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 635-639

  Tandon, R ^a   Verma, K ^a   Chawla, B ^a   Sharma, N ^a   Titiyal, J S ^a   Kalaivani, M ^b   Vajpayee, R B ^a,c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Endothelial graft rejection; Intravenous pulse therapy; Methylprednisolone; Topical steroids

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; HOMATROPINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TIMOLOL MALEATE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM GRAFT REJECTION; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; GRAFT REJECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 62549095430     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.25     Document Type: Review

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