Tailored approach to the treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1294-1299

  Sacchetti, Marta ^a   Lambiase, Alessandro ^a   Mantelli, Flavio ^a   Deligianni, Velika ^b   Leonardi, Andrea ^b   Bonini, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DECISION TREES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77954348443     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.11.043     Document Type: Article

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