Limbal vernal keratoconjunctivitis in the tropics

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1489-1493

  Tuft, Stephen J ^a   Cree, Ian A ^b   Woods, Mark ^c   Yorston, David ^c  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Kikuyu Eye Unit   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KENYA; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; TROPICS; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

EID: 0031737408     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)98034-4     Document Type: Article

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