A case of herpetic epithelial keratitis after triamcinolone acetonide subtenon injection

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 463-464

  Hashizume, Kouhei ^a   Nabeshima, Takashi ^a   Fujiwara, Takamitsu ^a   MacHida, Shigeki ^a   Kurosaka, Daijiro ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Herpes keratitis; Subtenon injection; Triamcinolone acetonide

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ULCER; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SLIT LAMP;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FASCIA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; MACULAR EDEMA; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 67650571775     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31818a7d9a     Document Type: Article

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