Calotropis procera-induced keratitis

Calotropis procera produces copious amounts of latex, which has been shown to possess several pharmacological properities. Its local application produces intense inflammatory response. In the 10 cases of Calotropis procera-induced keratitis reported here, the clinical picture showed corneal edema wi...

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Autores principales: Pandey, Nidhi, Chandrakar, A K, Garg, M L, Patel, Santosh Singh
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Brief Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2661522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19075415
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author Pandey, Nidhi
Chandrakar, A K
Garg, M L
Patel, Santosh Singh
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Chandrakar, A K
Garg, M L
Patel, Santosh Singh
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description Calotropis procera produces copious amounts of latex, which has been shown to possess several pharmacological properities. Its local application produces intense inflammatory response. In the 10 cases of Calotropis procera-induced keratitis reported here, the clinical picture showed corneal edema with striate keratopathy without any evidence of intraocular inflammation. The inflammation was reversed by the local application of steroid drops.
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spelling pubmed-26615222009-03-27 Calotropis procera-induced keratitis Pandey, Nidhi Chandrakar, A K Garg, M L Patel, Santosh Singh Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communications Calotropis procera produces copious amounts of latex, which has been shown to possess several pharmacological properities. Its local application produces intense inflammatory response. In the 10 cases of Calotropis procera-induced keratitis reported here, the clinical picture showed corneal edema with striate keratopathy without any evidence of intraocular inflammation. The inflammation was reversed by the local application of steroid drops. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2661522/ /pubmed/19075415 Text en © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pandey, Nidhi
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Patel, Santosh Singh
Calotropis procera-induced keratitis
title Calotropis procera-induced keratitis
title_full Calotropis procera-induced keratitis
title_fullStr Calotropis procera-induced keratitis
title_full_unstemmed Calotropis procera-induced keratitis
title_short Calotropis procera-induced keratitis
title_sort calotropis procera-induced keratitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2661522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19075415
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