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Emerging concepts in atopic dermatitis and atopic keratoconjunctivitis. [PDF]

Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol
Purpose of review Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease involving Th2 cytokine-driven inflammation. AD patients are at risk of developing conjunctivitis, including atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC), a sight-threatening chronic allergic eye disease involving both Th2 and Th1/17 cytokine-driven ...
Jafari K, Calder VL.
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Diagnostic criteria of chronic conjunctivitis: atopic keratoconjunctivitis and vernal keratoconjunctivitis [PDF]

Current Opinion in Allergy & Clinical Immunology, 2023
Purpose of review Chronic ocular allergies, vernal (VKC) and atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) are relatively rare conditions that require definite diagnostic criteria to the most appropriate therapeutical approach. Recent findings The diagnosis of both VKC and AKC is generally ...
Leonardi, Andrea, Righetti, Giuseppe, Giovannini, Giulia, De Marchi, Vittorio, Occhiuto, Matteo   +4 more
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Classification of Subtypes of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis by Cluster Analysis Based on Clinical Features

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2023
Hideaki Fujita, Tomohiro Ueno, Shuji Suzuki, Kazuhiro Harada, Tomoko Tsukahara-Kawamura, Hiroaki Ozaki, Eiichi Uchio Department of Ophthalmology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, JapanCorrespondence: Eiichi Uchio, Department of ...
Fujita H, Ueno T, Suzuki S, Harada K, Tsukahara-Kawamura T, Ozaki H, Uchio E   +6 more
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A Case of Refractory Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis Showing Improvement after the Administration of Upadacitinib for the Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis

Diagnostics
Vernal keratoconjunctivitis is a persistent allergic ocular disease predominantly mediated by the T-helper 2 lymphocyte-associated immune response. The standard therapeutic approaches for vernal keratoconjunctivitis include topical corticosteroids and ...
Yoshihito Mima, Eri Tsutsumi, Tsutomu Ohtsuka, Ippei Ebato, Yukihiro Nakata, Taro Kubota, Yuta Norimatsu   +6 more
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Atopic Keratoconjunctivitis: Pharmacotherapy for the Elderly

Drugs & Aging, 2019
Among the different forms of allergic conjunctivitis, atopic keratoconjunctivitis has distinct characteristics, defined by a more common onset in late adolescence or early adulthood, but also affecting the elderly, and with a higher prevalence in male individuals.
Ridolo, Erminia, Kihlgren, P, Pellicelli, I, Nizi, M C, PUCCIARINI, FRANCESCO, Incorvaia, C   +5 more
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Evaluation of Eosinophilic Inflammation in a Novel Murine Atopic Keratoconjunctivitis Model Induced by Crude Dermatophagoides farinae Antigen

Allergology International, 2012
Background: The purpose of this study is to conduct a histopathological research of the conjunctival findings and eosinophilic inflammation of novel atopic keratoconjunctivitis in a NC/Nga mouse model using crude Dermatophagoides farina.
Yusuke Hara, Jun Shoji, Shinsuke Hori, Akiko Ishimori, Hiroshi Kato, Noriko Inada, Mitsuru Sawa   +6 more
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Case Report of Restoration of the Corneal Epithelium in a Patient with Atopic Keratoconjunctivitis Resulting in Amelioration of Ocular Allergic Inflammation [PDF]

Allergology International, 2010
: Background: Atopic and vernal keratoconjunctivitis are severe types of ocular allergic disease characterized not only by conjunctival inflammation but also by corneal involvement.
Ken Fukuda, Naoyuki Yamada, Teruo Nishida   +2 more
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Limbitis Secondary to Autologous Serum Eye Drops in a Patient with Atopic Keratoconjunctivitis [PDF]

Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, 2011
Purpose. Report a case of limbitis secondary to autologous serum eye drops in a patient with atopic keratoconjunctivitis. Design. Interventional case report. Methods.
Jeffrey David Welder, Pejman Bakhtiari, Ali R. Djalilian   +2 more
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Angiographic Evaluation of Inflammation in Atopic Keratoconjunctivitis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, 2016
Grading of disease activity in patients with atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) is limited by intra- and inter-observer variability. The aim of this study was to identify angiographic parameters to help evaluate inflammation and disease activity.In 12 patients (4 with active, 2 with inactive AKC, and 6 controls), disease activity were assessed using a ...
Steger B., Romano V., Kaye S. B.
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Studies on inflammation in atopic keratoconjunctivitis

, 2011
Atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) is an ocular inflammatory condition associated with atopic dermatitis. AKC is classified as ocular allergy but with features quite different from common seasonal allergic conjunctivitis. The clinical picture includes eyelid eczema, blepharitis, conjunctivitis, and some degree of keratitis.
Emma Nivenius (18638377)
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