Phlyctenular eye disease: A reappraisal

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 146-150

  Rohatgi, Jolly ^a   Dhaliwal, Upreet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Keratoconjunctivitis; Phlycten; Phlyctenular eye disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORNEA INJURY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; WORM INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLEPHARITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034603354     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(99)00185-9     Document Type: Article

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