Allogeneic serum eye drops for the treatment of severe dry eye in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 861-863

  Chiang, Chun Chi ^a   Lin, Jane Ming ^a   Chen, Wen Lu ^a   Tsai, Yi Yu ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allogeneic serum eye drops; Autologous serum tears; Dry eye; Graft versus host disease

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CYCLOSPORIN A; EYE DROPS; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SEROLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; SERUM; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34547660092     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3180645cd7     Document Type: Article

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