Vernal keratoconjunctivitis and trachoma

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1988 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:International Ophthalmology, volume 12, pages 47-51 (issn: 0165-5701, eissn: 1573-2630,

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Authors: M H, Friedlaender; J, Cameron;

doi: 10.1007/bf00133781

pmid: 3220668

Vernal keratoconjunctivitis and trachoma

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Abstract

Both vernal keratoconjunctivitis and trachoma affect young people, occur in hot, dry climates, and have a predilection for the limbus and upper tarsal conjunctiva. These two conditions may occur simultaneously and present the ophthalmologist with a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma.

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Keywords

Adult, Male, Trachoma, Adolescent, Humans, Disease Susceptibility, Eye, Keratoconus, Conjunctiva, Conjunctivitis, Allergic

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