Surgical Treatment of Dry Eye Syndrome: Conjunctival Graft of the Minor Salivary Gland

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-10

  Güerrissi, Jorge Orlando ^a   Belmonte, Javier ^a  

^a Department of Plastic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctival graft; Corneal injury; Dry eye syndrome; Minor salivary gland; Sj gren s syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MINOR SALIVA GLAND; MOUTH MUCOSA; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TRANSPLANTATION;

CONJUNCTIVA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 17644435928     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: 15363732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200401000-00004     Document Type: Article

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