Results:
The study included 87 cases of vernal keratoconjunctivitis (NR-VKC-28, R-VKC-59), with a gender distribution of 74 male; 13 female and a mean age of 12.5 ± 5.3 years. Controls (n=60) were age matched healthy individuals with a mean age of 13.7±5.2 years and the gender distribution of male and female as 37 and 23 respectively.