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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| 2012 | 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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Chen YT, Lazarev S, Bahrami AF, Noble LB, Chen FY, Zhou D, Gallup M, Yadav M, McNamara NA. Interleukin-1 receptor mediates the interplay between CD4+ T cells and ocular resident cells to promote keratinizing squamous metaplasia in Sj?gren's syndrome. Lab Invest. 2012 Apr; 92(4):556-70.