Human herpesvirus 8 in corneal endotheliitis resulting in graft failure after penetrating keratoplasty refractory to allograft rejection therapy

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1629-1630

  Inoue, Tomoyuki ^a,b   Takamatsu, Fumihiko ^a   Kubota, Akira ^b   Hori, Yuichi ^c   Maeda, Naoyuki ^a   Nishida, Kohji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BETAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; TIMOLOL MALEATE;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EYE PAIN; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HYPERTENSION; KERATOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; GRAFT REJECTION; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 83455236459     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.346     Document Type: Article

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