Omalizumab Treatment of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis.

JAMA Ophthalmol

Unit of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

Published: April 2016

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