Treatment of fungal keratitis from fusarium infection by corneal cross-linking

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-180

  Galperin, Gustavo ^a,b   Berra, Martín ^a,b   Tau, Julia ^a   Boscaro, Gabriela ^c   Zarate, Jorge ^a   Berra, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Pedro Lagleyze   (Argentina)

^c BioFundus   (Argentina)

Author keywords

cornea; cross linking; F. solani; keratitis; riboflavin UV A

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL CROSS LINKING; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM KERATITIS; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KERATOMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; KERATITIS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RABBITS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 84855852958     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318221cec7     Document Type: Article

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