"Keratitis, Herpetic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A superficial, epithelial Herpesvirus hominis infection of the cornea, characterized by the presence of small vesicles which may break down and coalesce to form dendritic ulcers (KERATITIS, DENDRITIC). (Dictionary of Visual Science, 3d ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D016849
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.466.382.465 C02.325.465 C11.204.564.425 C11.294.800.475
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| Concept/Terms |
Keratitis, Herpetic- Keratitis, Herpetic
- Herpetic Keratitides
- Herpetic Keratitis
- Keratitides, Herpetic
- Herpes Simplex Keratitis
- Herpes Simplex Keratitides
- Keratitides, Herpes Simplex
- Keratitis, Herpes Simplex
- Ocular Herpes Simplex
- Herpes Simplex, Ocular
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Keratitis, Herpetic" by people in Profiles.
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Treatment of acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex virus keratitis in a patient with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. Clin Infect Dis. 1997 Nov; 25(5):1257-8.