Acute conjunctivitis: Truth and misconceptions

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1953-1961

  O'Brien, Terrence P ^a   Jeng, Bennie H ^b   McDonald, Marguerite ^c   Raizman, Michael B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute conjunctivitis; Adenovirus; Viral conjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOVIRUS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS;

EID: 67650799131     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007990903038269     Document Type: Review

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