Epidemiological and clinical features of allergic conjunctivitis in a reference center;Aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos da conjuntivite alérgica em serviço de referência

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 312-316

  Fernandes Marback, Patricia Maria ^a,b,c   de Freitas, Denise ^a   Paranhos Jr , Augusto ^a   Belfort Jr , Rubens ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allergic diagnosis; Allergic epidemiology; Allergy; Conjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249941502     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492007000200022     Document Type: Article

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