Amniotic membrane transplantation for Mooren's ulcer

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 386-392

  Ngan, Nguyen D ^a   Chau, Hoang Tm ^b  

^a VIETNAM MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Mooren's ulcer; Peripheral corneal ulcer

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HYALURONIC ACID; OFLOVID; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; SANLEIN; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA RODENT ULCER; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA SURGERY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HEMATOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVENTION STUDY; KERATOPLASTY; LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANNUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; VIET NAM; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; CORNEAL ULCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79960275915     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02479.x     Document Type: Article

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