Vernal conjunctivitis

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-51

  Lee, Y ^a   Raizman, M B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ATOPY; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; EYE INFLAMMATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MUCUS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RACE; REVIEW; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

EID: 0031042918     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8561(05)70289-7     Document Type: Article

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