Comparative study between eyepad and no eyepad in the treatment of corneal abrasion secondary to removal of corneal foreign body;Estudo comparativo entre oclusão e não-oclusão no tratamento de abrasão corneana após retirada de corpo estranho da córnea

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-110

  Agostini, Rafael Mourão ^a   Rocha, Guilherme Mourão Soares ^a   Miranda, Jane Claudia ^a   De Aguiar, Daniela Vieira ^a   Netto, João Agostini ^a,b  

^a Oftalmologia da Clínica de Olhos da Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte MG   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Medicina Nova Esperança   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cornea injury; Curatives occlusive; Eye foreign bodies therapy; Eye injuries; Occlusive dressings; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952831308     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492004000100019     Document Type: Article

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