Toxic effect of Cadmium found in eyeliner to the eye of a 21 year old Saudi woman: A case report

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 269-272

  Amry, Mohamed Al ^a   Al Saikhan, Fahad ^a   Ayoubi, Ayman ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Eye; Eyeliner; Kohl; Toxic effect

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; COSMETIC; CYCLOPENTOLATE; ERYTHROMYCIN; EYE DROPS; EYELINER; FLUOROMETHOLONE; LEAD; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEAL BIOPSY; CORNEAL EPITHELIAL DEFECT; EYE PAIN; EYE TOXICITY; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SCAR FORMATION; TOXICITY TESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052934368     PISSN: 13190164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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