New surgical treatment for superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis and its association with conjunctivochalasis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 303-308

  Yokoi, Norihiko ^a   Komuro, Aoi ^a   Maruyama, Kunio ^a   Tsuzuki, Masakatsu ^a   Miyajima, Seiya ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; OFLOXACIN; ROSE BENGAL; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROSE BENGAL; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0037374610     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01975-X     Document Type: Article

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