Vernal keratoconjunctivitis in Thailand

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-30

  Kosrirukvongs, Panida ^a   Vichyanond, Pakit ^a   Wongsawad, Warapat ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LEVOCABASTINE; LODOXAMIDE; MAST CELL STABILIZER; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STABILIZING AGENT; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACACIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CHEMOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GRASS; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MALE; MAST CELL; MILK; MOULD; OPTIC NERVE LESION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALPEBRAL FISSURE; PANNUS; PAPILLARY CONJUNCTIVITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; PUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; WEED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THAILAND;

EID: 0042122376     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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