Visual Outcome and Corneal Changes in Children with Chronic Blepharokeratoconjunctivitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2271-2280

  Jones, Sophie M ^a,b   Weinstein, Joel M ^c,d   Cumberland, Phillippa ^b   Klein, N ^b   Nischal, Ken K ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOROMETHOLONE; GENTAMICIN; LINSEED OIL; PREDNISOLONE 21 PHOSPHATE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHRONIC BLEPHAROKERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EROSION; EYE; EYELID; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; INJECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTATE EPITHELIAL EROSION; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROSACEA; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; THERAPY DELAY; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLEPHARITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORNEA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 36549076509     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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