Vernal keratoconjunctivitis and trachoma.
Both vernal keratoconjunctivitis and trachoma affect young people, occur in hot, dry climates, and have a predilection for the limbus and upper tarsal conjunctiva. These two conditions may occur simultaneously and present the ophthalmologist with a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma.
Friedlaender
M H
MH
Division of Ophthalmology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California.
Cameron
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J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology; D003233:Conjunctivitis, Allergic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007640:Keratoconus / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014141:Trachoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy