Blepharokeratoconjunctivitis in children: Diagnosis and treatment

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 400-403

  Viswalingam, M ^a   Rauz, S ^a   Morlet, N ^a   Dart, John K G ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOROMETHOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLEPHARITIS; BLEPHAROKERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; EYELID; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLEPHARITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LONDON; MALE; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SYNDROME;

EID: 16244402265     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.052134     Document Type: Article

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