Eosinophilic keratoconjunctivitis in seven horses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 209, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1283-1286

  Yamagata, Maya ^a   Wilkie, David A ^a   Gilger, Brian C ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DRUG COMBINATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; OINTMENT; PATHOLOGY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; OINTMENTS;

EID: 0030256166     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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