Relation between total tear igE and severity of acute seasonal allergic conjunctivitis

Current Eye Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 864-870

  Mimura, Tatsuya ^a   Usui, Tomohiko ^a   Yamagami, Satoru ^a   Miyai, Takashi ^a   Amano, Shiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic conjunctivitis; Allerwatch; Immunochromatography; Objective signs; Tear; Total IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865783305     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2012.689069     Document Type: Article

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