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Neurotrophic keratitis in a patient with disseminated lymphangiomatosis. [PDF]
, 2009 INTRODUCTION: Neurotrophic keratitis, a degenerative corneal disease caused by trigeminal nerve impairment, has many etiologies and remains very difficult to treat.
Charukamnoetkanok, Puwat +2 more
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A multi-center, cross-sectional study on the burden of infectious keratitis in China.
PLoS ONE, 2014 ObjectiveTo understand the prevalence and demographic characteristics of infectious keratitis and infectious corneal blindness.MethodsA multi-center, population-based cross-sectional study was conducted from January 1 to August 31, 2010.
Xiusheng Song +11 more
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New Treatments for Bacterial Keratitis
Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012 Purpose. To review the newer treatments for bacterial keratitis. Data Sources. PubMed literature search up to April 2012. Study Selection. Key words used for literature search: “infectious keratitis”, “microbial keratitis”, “infective keratitis”, “new ...
Raymond L. M. Wong +3 more
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Epithelial ingrowth following laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK): prevalence, risk factors, management and visual outcomes [PDF]
, 2018 The number of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) procedures is continuing to rise. Since its first application for correcting simple refractive errors over 25 years ago, the role of LASIK has extended to treat other conditions, including ...
Danjoux, Jean-Pierre +2 more
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Infectious diseases and autoimmunity [PDF]
, 2011 Introduction: Autoimmunity occurs when the immune system recognizes and attacks host tissue. In addition to genetic factors, environmental triggers (in particular viruses, bacteria and other infectious pathogens) are thought to play a major role in the ...
Deidda, Silvia +3 more
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, 2003 The process of disinfecting pits technology against nature. This issue is considered through examination of the design and development of a microwave disinfecting system for contact lenses.
Crabbe, A
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Optimal management of Cogan’s syndrome: a multidisciplinary approach [PDF]
, 2017 Cogan's syndrome (CS) is a rare disorder characterized by nonsyphilitic interstitial keratitis (IK) and audio-vestibular symptoms. CS affects mainly young Caucasian adults, mostly during their first three decades of age, and may develop into typical and ...
D'Aguanno, Vittorio +3 more
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Neutrophil L-plastin controls ocular paucibacteriality and susceptibility to keratitis [PDF]
, 2020 Why ocular mucosa is paucibacterial is unknown. Many different mechanisms have been suggested but the comprehensive experimental studies are sparse.
Chauhan, Sunil K +12 more
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PACK-CXL: Corneal cross-linking for treatment of infectious keratitis
Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2015 This article discusses corneal cross-linking (CXL) and how it transitioned from a modality for treating corneal ectatic disorders to an inventive means of treating infectious keratitis. Initially, CXL was successfully developed to halt the progression of
David Tabibian +2 more
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Recent trends: Medical management of infectious keratitis
Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015 This review article highlights the newer diagnostic modalities and approaches in the medical management of infectious keratitis. A Medline literature search conducted to March 2014 has been included.
Sneha Solanki +5 more
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