Herpes simplex virus keratitis: Histopathologic neovascularization and corneal allograft failure

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 963-965

  Garcia, Denise D ^a   Shtein, Roni M ^a   Musch, David C ^a   Elner, Victor M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex; Histopathology; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRUS KERATITIS;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 70349745733     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31819c4e55     Document Type: Article

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