ArticleIndian journal of ophthalmology2016
Systematic approach to managing vernal keratoconjunctivitis in clinical practice: Severity grading system and a treatment algorithm.
Article in Indian journal of ophthalmology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Efficacy and Safety of Seawater in Allergic Conjunctivitis. IgE and MMP-9 Tear Levels. Antihistaminic Eyedrops Comparative Study.
Efficacy and Safety of Tacrolimus Eye Drops in Treatment of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis: A Systematic Review.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2023Pooled it
- Clinical and epidemiological profiles of vernal keratoconjunctivitis in a tertiary care setting: Association of disease pattern with recurrent attacks.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2026Observational
- Ocular Manifestations in Children with Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Seeing eye to eye: a modified Delphi method-based multidisciplinary expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- A Case of Refractory Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis Showing Improvement after the Administration of Upadacitinib for the Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis: Immunopathological Insights and Therapeutic Applications of Immunomodulators.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- [New and future treatment approaches for allergic conjunctivitis].Die Ophthalmologie · 2024Review
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- Novel Insights in the Management of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis (VKC): European Expert Consensus Using a Modified Nominal Group Technique.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2023Article
- Practice patterns and opinions in the treatment of allergic eye disease: A survey among Indian ophthalmologists.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- When to start tacrolimus ointment for vernal keratoconjunctivitis? A proposed treatment protocol.International ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis in Asia: Recommendations From the Management of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis in Asia Expert Working Group.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
- Vernal keratoconjunctivitis: state of art and update on treatment.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2021Review
- Immunopharmacology in Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis: Current and Future Perspectives.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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- Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis: an update focused on clinical grading system.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2019Review
- Therapeutic effects of Houttuynia eye drops combined with olopatadine hydrochloride eye drops on vernal keratoconjunctivitis.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2019Article
- Eye drop emulsion containing 0.1% cyclosporin (1 mg/mL) for the treatment of severe vernal keratoconjunctivitis: an evidence-based review and place in therapy.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Article
- Reply: Allergen-specific exposure associated with high immunoglobulin E and eye rubbing predisposes to progression of keratoconus.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2017Article
- Allergic conjunctivitis.Community eye health · 2017Article
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Abstract
Vernal keratoconjunctivitis is an ocular allergy that is common in the pediatric age group. It is often chronic, severe, and nonresponsive to the available treatment options. Management of these children is difficult and often a dilemma for the practitioner. There is a need to simplify and standardize its management. To achieve this goal, we require a grading system to judge the severity of inflammation and an algorithm to select the appropriate medications. This article provides a simple and practically useful grading system and a stepladder algorithm for systematic treatment of these patients. Use of appropriate treatment modalities can reduce treatment and disease-related complications.
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