Herpes zoster keratouveitis with hypopyon and hyphema
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Endothelial cell loss in herpes zoster keratouveitis.
Fourteen patients were followed up with slit-lamp, noncontact, and wide-field specular microscopical examination for anterior segment changes during unilateral attacks of keratouveitis due to varicella zoster virus (VZV). Ten patients had severe keratouveitis. Their affected eyes presented nonreflecting endothelial changes in different phases of the disease. The first non-reflecting changes sug...
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عنوان ژورنال: Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2211-5056
DOI: 10.4103/tjo.tjo_20_18