Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
"Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D007638
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.187.183.394.550 C11.204.564.585.630 C11.496.260.394
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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