Phlyctenular keratitis associated with meibomitis in young patients

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77.e1-77.e7

  Suzuki, Tomo ^a   Mitsuishi, Yoko ^b   Sano, Yoichiro ^a   Yokoi, Norihiko ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Louis Pasteur Center for Medical Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFMENOXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B35 ANTIGEN; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHALAZION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA TUMOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; KERATITIS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MEIBOMIANITIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PHLYCTENULAR KERATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

EID: 22444441841     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.02.039     Document Type: Article

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