High incidence of dry eye in young children with allergic conjunctivitis in Southwest China

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2016, Pages e727-e730

  Chen, Lin ^a   Pi, Lianhong ^a   Fang, Jing ^a   Chen, Xinke ^a   Ke, Ning ^a   Liu, Qing ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

allergic conjunctivitis; children; DESS; dry eye; fluorescein corneal staining score; tear film break up time

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRY EYE; DRY EYE SCORE SYSTEM; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT CORNEAL STAINING SCORE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PERENNIAL ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; SYMPTOM; TEAR FILM BREAK UP TIME TEST; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84971283634     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.13093     Document Type: Article

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