Mapping owl's eye cells of patients with cytomegalovirus corneal endotheliitis using in vivo laser confocal microscopy

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-84

  Yokogawa, Hideaki ^a   Kobayashi, Akira ^a   Sugiyama, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coin shaped lesion; Confocal microscopy; Cytomegalovirus corneal endotheliitis; Owl's eye cell

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; GANCICLOVIR; VALGANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL DENSITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA LESION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS CORNEAL ENDOTHELIITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OWL EYE CELL; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84872597157     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: 16132246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-012-0189-5     Document Type: Article

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