Impression cytology in vernal conjunctivitis;Citologia de impressão na ceratoconjuntivite primaveril

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 877-881

  De Camargo, Gustavo Bueno ^a,b   Nishiwaki Dantas, Maria Cristina ^a   De Nadai Barros, Jeison ^a,c   Lake, Jonathan Clive ^a  

^a Instituto de Oftalmologia   (Brazil)

^b Ambulatório de Córnea e Doenças Externas   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allergic; Conjunctiva cytology; Conjunctivitis; Cytological techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349126677     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492004000600006     Document Type: Article

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