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Conjunctival Eosinophils in Allergic Ocular Disease

Archives of Ophthalmology, 1983
Tarsal conjunctival scrapings of 317 patients with allergic ocular disease demonstrated that eosinophils were found infrequently in scrapings of patients with mild allergic conditions and were found in only 63% (17/27) of the patients with vernal conjunctivitis.
M B, Abelson, N, Madiwale, J H, Weston
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At the surface: Conjunctival disease

Optician, 2018
In the first of his reports from the recent EAOO conference, Bill Harvey passes on some clinical tips for practitioners assessing conjunctival health
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Conjunctival grafting for ocular surface disease

Current Opinion in Opthalmology, 1999
The procedure of transplanting healthy conjunctiva onto eyes with damaged ocular surface epithelium was first described by Thoft in 1977. Today, conjunctival autografting is widely used in pterygium surgery and has been shown to be both safe and effective in reducing pterygium recurrence.
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The Conjunctival Sign of Sickle-Cell Disease

Archives of Ophthalmology, 1961
The purpose of this paper is to report a characteristic appearance of the bulbar conjunctival circulation as a reliable sign in the diagnosis of clinically significant sickle-cell disease. Although general physical examination can offer many clues, it is proposed here that no other clinical observation establishes that diagnosis with as much certainty.
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Equine conjunctival diseases: A commentary

Equine Veterinary Education, 2010
Conjunctivitis is inflammation of the conjunctiva or mucous membrane, which covers the posterior aspects of the eyelids and nictitating membrane (palpebral conjunctiva), and the superficial surface of the sclera (bulbar conjunctiva). It is a nonspecific finding of ophthalmic and often systemic diseases, as the eye has limited ways to react to injury ...
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Conjunctival lymphangiectasia associated with classic Fabry disease

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017
BackgroundFabry disease (FD) is a treatable multisystem disease caused by a defect in the alpha-galactosidase gene. Ocular signs of FD, including corneal verticillata, are among the earliest diagnostic findings. Conjunctival lymphangiectasia (CL) has not previously been associated with FD.MethodsWe examined the eyes of a cohort of 13 adult patients ...
Melanie D, Sivley, Eric L, Wallace, David G, Warnock, William J, Benjamin   +3 more
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Conjunctival Cytological Alterations in Ocular Behçet Disease

Cornea, 2016
To evaluate the ocular surface alterations and tear film functions in patients with ocular Behçet disease (BD).This study included 48 eyes of 48 patients with inactive BD and a control group of 33 age- and sex-matched subjects. Schirmer I and tear break-up time (TBUT) tests were used to evaluate the tear film of the subjects.
Elif, Demircan, Mehmet, Citirik, Nilufer, Berker, Hatice, Unverdi, Sema, Hucumenoglu   +4 more
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Tarsal–conjunctival disease associated with Wegener's granulomatosis

Ophthalmology, 2003
To describe the clinical characteristics of tarsal-conjunctival disease in a cohort of patients with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG).Retrospective, case-controlled study.The medical records of 82 consecutive WG patients who underwent an eye examination between January 1996 and June 2002 at the National Institutes of Health were reviewed.Details of the ...
Michael R, Robinson, Susan S, Lee, Michael C, Sneller, Ruby, Lerner, Carol A, Langford, Cheryl, Talar-Williams, Terry A, Cox, Chi C, Chan, Janine A, Smith   +8 more
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Conjunctival cicatrizing disease presenting with lacrimal obstruction

Orbit, 2016
Patients with conjunctival cicatrizing disease may develop lacrimal obstruction. Little is published on lacrimal obstruction as the presenting feature of otherwise asymptomatic cicatrizing conjunctival disease. The records of all patients presenting between 1994 and 2015 with lacrimal obstruction found to have cicatrizing conjunctival disease were ...
Khami, Satchi, Alan A, McNab
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Conjunctival xerosis, arcus lipoides and Rieger's disease

Documenta Ophthalmologica, 1991
Three generations of a family with conjunctival xerosis, Rieger's anomaly (complete or incomplete) and arcus lipoides are described. The xerosis was found always to be accompanied by a Rieger anomaly, which had sometimes, but not always, been detected before. Independent heredity was not observed.
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