Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
"Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Drying and inflammation of the conjunctiva as a result of insufficient lacrimal secretion. When found in association with XEROSTOMIA and polyarthritis, it is called SJOGREN'S SYNDROME.
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D007638
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.187.183.394.550 C11.204.564.585.630 C11.496.260.394
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca" by people in Profiles.
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De Paiva CS, Hwang CS, Pitcher JD, Pangelinan SB, Rahimy E, Chen W, Yoon KC, Farley WJ, Niederkorn JY, Stern ME, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC. Age-related T-cell cytokine profile parallels corneal disease severity in Sjogren's syndrome-like keratoconjunctivitis sicca in CD25KO mice. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2010 Feb; 49(2):246-58.
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Lucca JA, Farris RL, Bielory L, Caputo AR. Keratoconjunctivitis sicca in male patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Ophthalmology. 1990 Aug; 97(8):1008-10.
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Soong HK, Martin NF, Wagoner MD, Alfonso E, Mandelbaum SH, Laibson PR, Smith RE, Udell I. Topical retinoid therapy for squamous metaplasia of various ocular surface disorders. A multicenter, placebo-controlled double-masked study. Ophthalmology. 1988 Oct; 95(10):1442-6.