Supratarsal injection of corticosteroids in the treatment of refractory vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 241-245

  Singh, Satvir ^a   Pal, Ved ^a   Dhull, Chand S ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Hydrocortisone; Supratarsal corticosteroid; Triamcinolone; Vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; GANGLIOSIDE; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LEVOCABASTINE; LODOXAMIDE; MIPROGOSIDE; NEDOCROMIL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SUPROFEN; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE 21-PHOSPHATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TARSAL JOINT; ULCER; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; EYELID;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYELIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INJECTIONS; RECURRENCE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 0035703478     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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