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. 2020;33(108):71-72.
Epub 2020 Mar 30.

How to manage herpes zoster ophthalmicus

Stephen Tuft  1
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How to manage herpes zoster ophthalmicus

Stephen Tuft. Community Eye Health. 2020.
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Figure 1
Acute herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) with blisters and eyelid swelling (a). Chronic corneal epithelial defect in an anaesthetic cornea (b). Corneal anaesthesia complicated by secondary corneal calcification (c) and vascularisation (d).
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