Combined medical and surgical treatment of severe vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 511-515

  Fujishima, Hiroshi ^a,b   Fukagawa, Kazumi ^a   Satake, Yoshiyuki ^a   Saito, Ichiro ^c   Shimazaki, Jun ^a   Takano, Yoji ^a,b   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corneal complications; Cyclosporine A; Inflammatory cells; Surgical treatment; Vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CYCLOSPORIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CORNEA; CROMOLYN SODIUM; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYELIDS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS, SYNTHETIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033780922     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(00)00210-0     Document Type: Article

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