Cytomegalovirus Endotheliitis in Descemet's Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 624-630

  Anshu, Arundhati ^a,b   Chee, Soon Phaik ^a,c   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^a,b   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; LATANOPROST PLUS TIMOLOL; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; VALGANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ENDOTHELIITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DESCEMET STRIPPING AUTOMATED ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FUCHS HETEROCHROMIC CYCLITIS; HERPETIC KERATOUVEITIS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTERIOR POLYMORPHOUS DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DNA, VIRAL; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 63149084596     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.10.031     Document Type: Article

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