Ocular allergy: recognizing and diagnosing hypersensitivity disorders of the ocular surface
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Ocular allergy: recognizing and diagnosing hypersensitivity disorders of the ocular surface.
Ocular allergy includes several clinically different conditions that can be considered as hypersensitivity disorders of the ocular surface. The classification of these conditions is complex, and their epidemiology has not been adequately studied because of the lack of unequivocal nomenclature. Ocular allergy symptoms are often, but not always, associated with other allergic manifestations, most...
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عنوان ژورنال: Allergy
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0105-4538
DOI: 10.1111/all.12009