Correlation between Ocular Demodex Infestation and Serum Immunoreactivity to Bacillus Proteins in Patients with Facial Rosacea

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Li, Jianjing ^a,b,c   O'Reilly, Niamh ^d   Sheha, Hosam ^a,b   Katz, Raananah ^a,b   Raju, Vadrevu K ^a,b   Kavanagh, Kevin ^d   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^a,b  

^a OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

^b Ocular Surface Research Education Foundation   (United States)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS OLERONIUS; BLEPHARITIS; COMORBIDITY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMODEX; DEMODICOSIS; DRY EYE; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROSACEA;

EID: 77951621235     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.09.057     Document Type: Article

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