Atopy and serum eosinophil cationic protein in 110 white children with vernal keratoconjunctivitis: Differences between tarsal and limbal forms

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-330

  Pucci, Neri ^a   Novembre, E ^a   Lombardi, E ^a   Cianferoni, A ^a   Bernardini, R ^a   Massai, C ^a   Caputo, R ^a   Campa, L ^a   Vierucci, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eosinophil cationic protein; Giant papillae; IgE sensitization; Vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE MARKER; EOSINOPHIL; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; RIBONUCLEASES; SEASONS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0037335641     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01538.x     Document Type: Article

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