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[Treatment of atopic keratoconjunctivitis in childhood]
G F Kieselbach1, W Gensluckner
1Univ.-Augenklinik Innsbruck.
Klinische Monatsblatter Fur Augenheilkunde
|November 1, 1987
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Atopic keratoconjunctivitis is increasingly diagnosed in pediatric patients. Therapeutic contact lenses combined with antibiotic and steroid eye drops effectively treat this condition in children and adolescents.
Area of Science:
- Ophthalmology
- Pediatric Ophthalmology
- Allergy and Immunology
Abstract:
In recent years atopic keratoconjunctivitis has been diagnosed increasingly frequently in children and adolescents. At Innsbruck University Eye Clinic all the children suffering from this condition have so far been satisfactorily treated with therapeutic contact lenses and locally applied antibiotics and steroids.