These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Keratoconjunctivitis sicca.
    Author: Baum JL.
    Journal: Trans Sect Ophthalmol Am Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol; 1976; 81(4 Pt 1):OP619-23. PubMed ID: 960384.
    Abstract:
    KCS in man is often associated with a systemic disease whose pathogenesis is still obscure. A spontaneous animal model resembling Sjögren's syndrome has been developed in the NZB and NZB-NZW mouse. Other spontaneous animal models analagous to lupus erythematosis and polyarteritis have been found in dogs and Aleutian mink, respectively. Studies of the eyes and lacrimal glands in such animals, and in dogs with distemper, should be pursued. A viral etiology is implicated in each of the models. The roles of both the main and accessory lacrimal glands in normal and KCS eyes have been discussed, as well as drug-induced KCS and opportunities for its further investigation and treatment.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]