American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 142, Issue 5 , Pages 745-749.e2 , November 2006

Atopic Disease and Herpes Simplex Eye Disease: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

  • Tisha Prabriputaloong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
    • ,
  • Todd P. Margolis, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Thomas M. Lietman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Ira G. Wong, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
    • ,
  • Rookaya Mather, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • David C. Gritz, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Ophthalmology, The Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, Richmond, California.
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to David C. Gritz, MD, MPH, 280 W. MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94611

,Accepted 19 June 2006.

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 Supported by Cecilia Vaughn Fellowship (T.P.), Direct Community Benefit Investment Kaiser Research Foundation Institute (D.C.G.), NIH Grants EY02162 and EY 10008 (T.P.M.), The Peierls Foundation, and a Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator Award (T.P.M.).

PII: S0002-9394(06)00775-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.06.050

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 142, Issue 5 , Pages 745-749.e2 , November 2006

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