Atopic cataracts in a child with atopic dermatitis: A case report and review of the literature

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-71

  Chen, Chien Chang ^a   Huang, Jing Long ^a   Yang, Kuender D ^a   Chen, Huey Jen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; PEROXIDATION; PRURITUS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY BURST; REVIEW;

PEROXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; PEROXIDES; RESPIRATORY BURST;

EID: 0033924093     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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