Aquarium coral keratoconjunctivitis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1360-1362

  Moshirfar, Majid ^a   Khalifa, Yousuf M ^a   Espandar, Ladan ^a   Mifflin, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; ASCORBIC ACID; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PALYTOXIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; ACRYLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; COELENTERATE VENOM;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTACT LENS; CORAL; CORNEA EROSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE DISCHARGE; EYE IRRITATION; EYE LAVAGE; EYE PAIN; EYELID EDEMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA; DRUG COMBINATION; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TOXICITY;

ACRYLAMIDES; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 77957996672     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.206     Document Type: Article

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