Combined therapy for vernal shield ulcer

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-114

  Kumar, Sunil ^a  

^a Mohammad Dossary Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Shield ulcer; Vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; EYE DROPS; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ULCER; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CORNEAL ULCER; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 36649011614     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2007.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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