Blepharitis;Blepharitis

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1135-1148

  Kaercher, T ^a,c   Brewitt, H ^b  

^a Augenklinik Stadtischen Klinikums L   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c Augenklinik Stadtischen Klinikums   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blepharitis; Hyperevaporative keratoconjunctivitis sicca; Meibomian gland dysfunction; Meibomian gland secretion; Tetracycline application

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE; PIMECROLIMUS; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TETRACYCLINE;

ACNE; ANAMNESIS; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLEPHARITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSHIDROSIS; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NAIL DYSTROPHY; PARASITOSIS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; REVIEW; ROSACEA; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLEPHARITIS; DERMATITIS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 12444320352     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-004-1115-0     Document Type: Review

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