Surgical management of corneal plaques in vernal keratoconjunctivitis: A clinicopathologic study

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 608-612

  Solomon, Abraham ^a   Zamir, Ehud ^a   Levartovsky, Shmuel ^b   Frucht Pery, Joseph ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Corneal plaques; Major basic protein; Vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MAJOR BASIC PROTEIN; STABILIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEAL PLAQUE; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELL; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STROMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULCER HEALING; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

BLOOD PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CORNEAL ULCER; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 3342882480     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000121710.58571.c4     Document Type: Article

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