Surgical resection and amniotic membrane transplantation for treatment of refractory giant papillae in vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 816-820

  Guo, Ping ^a,b   Kheirkhah, Ahmad ^b,c   Zhou, Wei Wei ^a   Qin, Lei ^a   Shen, Xiao Li ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ocular Surface Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane transplantation; Corneal shield ulcer; Giant papillae; Vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; OLOPATADINE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNION; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BANDAGE CONTACT LENS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA EROSION; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT PAPILLARY CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; OCULAR PRURITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SLIT LAMP; TOPICAL TREATMENT; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AMNION; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879171983     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31826a1e53     Document Type: Article

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