Blepharokeratoconjunctivitis in children

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 301-305

  Hammersmith, Kristin M ^a,b  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blepharitis; Blepharokeratoconjunctivitis; Childhood rosacea; Phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACITRACIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOROMETHOLONE; LOTEPREDNOL; LUBRICATING AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASIA; ASTIGMATISM; BLEPHARITIS; BLEPHAROKERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MIDDLE EAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROSACEA; STEROID THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY; HUMANS;

BLEPHARITIS; CHILD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS;

EID: 84940108617     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000167     Document Type: Review

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