Rho-associated kinase inhibitor eye drop treatment as a possible medical treatment for fuchs corneal dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1167-1170

  Koizumi, Noriko ^a,b   Okumura, Naoki ^a,b   Ueno, Morio ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroko ^a   Hamuro, Junji ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

corneal endothelium; Fuchs corneal dystrophy; medical treatment; Rho kinase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; EYE DROPS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CELL DENSITY; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

AMIDES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PYRIDINES; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880573578     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318285475d     Document Type: Article

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