Development and Testing of the Quality of Life in Children with Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis Questionnaire

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Sacchetti, Marta ^a   Baiardini, Ilaria ^b   Lambiase, Alessandro ^a   Aronni, Silvia ^a   Fassio, Omar ^c   Gramiccioni, Claudia ^e   Bonini, Sergio ^d,e   Bonini, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EYE BURN; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KERATOPATHY; MALE; OCULAR PRURITUS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SECRETION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

EID: 34548745302     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.06.028     Document Type: Article

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