title: Conjunctivitis and pterygium associated with the American Indian type of polymorphous light eruption.
abstract: We describe three patients with the American Indian type of polymorphous light eruption (actinic prurigo), two Cree Indian sisters and a Cree Indian boy, who had eye symptoms similar to those seen in limbal-type vernal catarrh.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000150:complications*; D004205:Cromolyn Sodium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D010787:Photosensitivity Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D011625:Pterygium / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D004205:Cromolyn Sodium; D006854:Hydrocortisone