Conjunctival impression cytology for the diagnosis, follow-up, and treatment in a patient with severe keratoconjunctivitis caused by alkali injury

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 817-820

  Pastor, Silvia ^a   Rodriguez Prats, Jose L ^a   Walewska Szafran, Anna ^b,c   Rodriguez, Alejandra E ^a   Alio, Jorge L ^a,d  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b VISSUM Corporacion Oftalmologica   (Spain)

^c Ceynowy's Hospital Poland   (Poland)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

CIC, chemicalwounds; Conjunctival impression cytology; Keratoconjunctivitis; Limbal conjunctival autograft transplantation

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OFLOXACIN; POLYETHERSULFONE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TERRACORTRIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CELL POPULATION; CHEMICAL INJURY; CHEMOSIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIPHORA; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LIMBAL CONJUNCTIVAL AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTATE KERATITIS; SLIT LAMP; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

BURNS, CHEMICAL; CELL COUNT; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EYE BURNS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 70349335486     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318190755e     Document Type: Article

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