Long-term follow up of autologous serum treatment for recurrent corneal erosions

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 683-687

  Ziakas, Nikolaos G ^a   Boboridis, Konstantinos G ^a   Terzidou, Chryssa ^a   Naoumidi, Tatiana L ^a   Mikropoulos, Dimitris ^a   Georgiadou, Eirini N ^a   Georgiadis, Nick S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corneal ulcer; Corneal wound healing; Immunology

Indexed keywords

AUTOLOGOUS SERUM; EYE DROPS; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EROSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PROTEINS; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; RECURRENCE; SERUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958454240     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02304.x     Document Type: Article

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