Sterile keratitis after corneal collagen crosslinking in a child

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 233-235

  Arora, Ritu ^a   Jain, Parul ^a   Gupta, Deepa ^a   Goyal, J L ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Crosslinking; Keratitis; VKC

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CEFAZOLIN; CYCLOPENTOLATE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXTRAN; LOTEPREDNOL; RIBOFLAVIN; STEROID; TOBRAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STERILE KERATITIS; STEROID THERAPY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

CHILD; COLLAGEN; CYCLOSPORINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84866364383     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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