Treatment of atopic eyelid disease using topical tacrolimus following corticosteroid discontinuation in a patient with open-angle glaucoma

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 828-830

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Tsilimbaris, Miltiadis K ^a   Iliaki, Olga E ^a   Christodoulakis, Emmanuelle ^a   Siganos, Charalambos S ^a   Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atopic eyelid disease; Corticosteroids; Glaucoma; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; LATANOPROST; MAST CELL STABILIZER; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EYELID DISEASE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OINTMENT; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EYELID DISEASES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 7444264034     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000127484.46584.f6     Document Type: Article

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