A Case of Acute Keratoconjunctivitis from Exposure to Latex of Euphorbia Tirucalli (Pencil Cactus)

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-241

  Shlamovitz, Gil Z ^a   Gupta, Malkeet ^a   Diaz, Jorge A ^a  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Euphorbia tirucalli; eye injury; keratoconjunctivitis; pencil cactus

Indexed keywords

LATEX; PREDNISONE ACETATE;

AMBULANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUPHORBIA; EYE LAVAGE; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIGENS, PLANT; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; EUPHORBIA; HUMANS; MALE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 62749097924     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.03.034     Document Type: Article

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