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Eye Diseases > Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases > Dry Eye Syndromes > Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
Eye Diseases > Conjunctival Diseases > Conjunctivitis > Keratoconjunctivitis > Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
Eye Diseases > Corneal Diseases > Keratitis > Keratoconjunctivitis > Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca

Preferred term

Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • if with xerostomia or xerostomia & connective tissue dis, index as SJOGREN'S SYNDROME

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91(86); was see under KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS 1986-90

In other languages

  • keratoconjunctivitis sicca

    Finnish

  • kuiva sarveis- ja sidekalvon tulehdus
  • kuiva sarveis- ja sidekalvotulehdus
  • Sjögrenin oireyhtymään liittyvä sarveiskalvon ja sidekalvon tulehdus
  • Sjögrens syndrom med keratokonjunktivitå
  • syndroma Sjögren cum keratoconjunctiviti
  • Keratoconjunctivitis sicca

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007638

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