Rapid response of refractory ocular surface dysplasia to combination treatment with topical all-trans retinoic acid and interferon alfa-2b

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1368-1369

  Skippen, Brent ^a   Tsang, Hughie H ^a   Assaad, Nagi N ^a   Coroneo, Minas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; RETINOIC ACID; ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CORNEA LIMBUS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIMBAL DYSPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEAL DISEASES; DRUG EFFECTS; EYE NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 77958019667     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.241     Document Type: Article

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