Serum application for the treatment of ocular surface disorders

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 113-122

  Tsubota, K ^a   Higuchi, A ^a  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIOXIDANT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CARBOHYDRATE; ELECTROLYTE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTOFERRIN; LYSOZYME; PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; VITAMIN;

ADULT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DRY EYE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERUM; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033767553     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004397-200010000-00009     Document Type: Review

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