Efficacy and limitation of sutureless amniotic membrane transplantation for acute toxic epidermal necrolysis

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 359-361

  Shay, Elizabeth ^a   Khadem, John J ^b   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^a,c  

^a TISSUETECH INC   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane transplantation; Blindness; Cicatricial pathology; Corneal complication; Toxic epidermal necrolysis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACUTE TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DEVICE; ENTROPION; EPITHELIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KERATINIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURELESS AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION; TRICHIASIS; VIRAL EAR INFECTION; VISION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMNION; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, TOXIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649101053     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181acf816     Document Type: Article

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