Self-inflicted (factitious) conjunctivitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 790-795

  Pokroy, Russell ^a   Marcovich, Arie ^a  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTEARS; LUBRICATING AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYELASH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUS; SKIN; SOCIOLOGY; SOLDIER;

EID: 0037397085     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01976-0     Document Type: Article

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