Herpetic keratitis after descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty for failed graft

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-42

  Prasher, Pawan ^a   Muftuoglu, Orkun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty; Epithelial defect; HSV keratitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TRIFLURIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCERMET STRIPPING AUTOMATED ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; AUTOMATION; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; METHODOLOGY; REOPERATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; REOPERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 64849098865     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318193b67c     Document Type: Article

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