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Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis (VKC)

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, 1993
Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is an allergic ocular disease in children and young adults. It is linked to atopy but it is characterized by typical inflammatory changes of ocular tissues. The conjunctiva often shows hyperplasia, with infiltration of lymphocytes and eosinophils; also mast cells, confined to the substantia propria in normal subjects ...
S, Bonini, S, Bonini
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Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, 1999
Vernal keratoconjunctivitis therefore, if managed properly, can be controlled. Inaccurate diagnosis or staging of the disease, together with inaccurate treatment will however, result in changes which can jeopardize sight and may even necessitate corneal surgery at a later date.
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Limbal vernal keratoconjunctivitis in the tropics

Ophthalmology, 1998
This study aimed to describe the pathology of vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) in children from Kenya.Case series.Ten patients with clinically active and untreated limbal VKC and five age-matched control subjects without external eye disease were recruited from a district eye hospital in Kenya.Paraffin sections of limbal and tarsal conjunctiva were ...
S J, Tuft, I A, Cree, M, Woods, D, Yorston   +3 more
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Immunopathological study of vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 1989
The in situ immune reaction occurring in the conjunctival tissues of patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis was studied using immunohistochemical techniques and a panel of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies. Our data point to a complex immunopathogenesis of the disease. The anaphylactic response was demonstrated by the presence of many eosinophils
A M, Abu el-Asrar, J J, Van den Oord, K, Geboes, L, Missotten, M H, Emarah, V, Desmet   +5 more
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Immunogenetic investigation in vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 2014
Vernal keratoconjunctivitis has been considered a multifac- torial condition resulting from complex interactions among genetic, immunologic, and environmental factors. The research of genetic characteristics and the identification of a specific HLA haplotype as a possible predictor of disease may contribute to elucidate the pathogenesis of the disease ...
ZICARI, Anna Maria, Barbara Mora, Valeria Lollobrigida, OCCASI, FRANCESCA, Azzurra Cesoni, Francesca Megiorni, PIZZUTI, Antonio, NEBBIOSO, Marcella, DUSE, MARZIA   +8 more
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[Vernal keratoconjunctivitis].

Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft, 2015
Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a bilateral, usually seasonally recurrent inflammation of the conjunctiva. Clinically characteristic findings are tarsal giant conjunctival papillae (> 1 mm) and/or limbal gelatinous changes (Trantas dots).
U, Pleyer, A, Leonardi
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Topical Cyclosporine in Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis

Ophthalmology, 1991
In a placebo-controlled, double-masked clinical trial, the authors evaluated the effects of topical 2% cyclosporine on 20 patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC). Nineteen patients were male and one was female. Patients ranged in age from 5 to 19 years (mean, 9.7 years).
J H, Bleik, K F, Tabbara
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A contribution to the immunopathology of vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Documenta Ophthalmologica, 1982
The tear fluid contains proteins which are synthesized locally in the conjunctiva and lacrimal glands, and others, which reach the tear fluid from the blood circulation. It is generally accepted that serum albumin (HSA) belongs to the latter group of tear proteins.
D, Sompolinsky, Z, Samra, A, Zavaro, R, Barishak   +3 more
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Corneal Ectasia in Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis

Ophthalmology, 1989
The type of corneal ectasia, the presence of breaks in Descemet's membrane, and the success with contact lens wear or penetrating keratoplasty were studied in 61 patients with corneal ectasia and vernal keratoconjunctivitis. There were 53 patients with keratoconus, 5 with pellucid marginal corneal degeneration, 2 with keratoglobus, and 1 with superior ...
J A, Cameron, A A, Al-Rajhi, I A, Badr
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Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis

International Ophthalmology Clinics, 1996
K, Colby, C, Dohlman
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