Vernal keratoconjunctivitis in a Stockholm ophthalmic centre - Epidemiological, functional, and immunologic investigations

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 559-563

  Montan, Per G ^a   Ekström, Klas ^b   Hedlin, Gunilla ^b   Van Hage Hamsten, Marianne ^b   Hjern, Anders ^b   Herrmann, Björn ^c  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atopy; Bronchial hyperreactivity; Chlamydia; Epidemiology; Vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; METHACHOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATOPY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LACRIMAL FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SWEDEN; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

EID: 0032847854     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770516.x     Document Type: Article

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