Efficacy of autologous serum treatment in patients with severe dry eye

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 506 B, Issue , 2002, Pages 1247-1250

  Takamura, Etsuko ^a   Shinozaki, Kazumi ^a   Hata, Hiromi ^a   Yukari, Junko ^a   Hori, Sadao ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SERUM; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0036930692     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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