Immunotherapy in allergic conjunctivitis.
Eighty patients with allergic conjunctivitis were treated with immunotherapy employing specific allergens. Sixty-two percent of these showed beneficial response. In cases of vernal conjunctivitis needing topical steroid preparations frequently for control of symptoms, immunotherapy is worth attempting to cause remission of symptoms.
Prakash
O M
OM
St Martha's Hospital, Bangalore.
Murthy
K R
KR
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003233:Conjunctivitis, Allergic / Q000628:therapy*; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male