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Background: Some patients with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) do not develop xerostomia despite advanced involvement of the salivary glands and the presence of focal lymphocytic sialadenitis (FLS).
Katarzyna Błochowiak
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Xerophthalmia at a welfare home in Jimma town
: One hundred and seven children under sixteen years of age were examined between May 1994 and Octobr 1995; of whom 39 (36.5%) had evidence of clinical xerophthalmia. Twenty three (58.97%) of these xerophthalmic children were males (M:F=1.4:1).
Negussie Zerihun
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Prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in children aged 6-9 years in Wukro, northern Ethiopia
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in children aged 6-9 years in northern Ethiopia. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was carried out and the data were analysed for 824 (61.5%) of 1339 eligible children for whom there was ...
Kassaye Tarik +3 more
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Changing prevalence of xerophthalmia in Indonesia, 1977-1992
Objective: The primary objective of this analysis was to determine if the prevalence of xerophthalmia in Indonesia has changed over the period 1977-78 to 1992.
Tielsch, J. M. +7 more
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Conjunctival and corneal peroxidases in vitamin A deficiency
Xerophthalmia is a commonly encountered nutritional disorder that affects the growing population of the world. Conjunctival and corneal epithelial cells contain peroxidase enzyme.
Ratnakar K
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Excision of Greater Superficial Petrosal Nerve Schwannoma Via a Pure Endoscopic Endonasal Approach
Greater superficial petrosal nerve (GSPN) schwannomas are an exceedingly rare nerve sheath tumor. The current literature search was conducted using Medline and Embase database by key search terms. Only 31 cases have been reported in the literature so far.
Zhenlin Wang MD +5 more
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Vitamin A deficiency in a Kenyan prison.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and causes of vitamin A deficiency disorders (VADD) in adult male prisoners in Nakuru, Kenya. METHODS: A total of 1048 male prisoners aged > or =16 years in Nakuru Government of Kenya prison in Nakuru, Kenya were ...
Kuper, Hannah +9 more
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Objective:To explore the effects of Omega3 essential fatty acid diet intervention for the treatment of patients with xerophthalmia.Methods:The randomized controlled trials(RCTs) studies on effects of Omega3 essential fatty acids diet intervention in the ...
陈敏, 郭彦, 杨巧燕
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Severe atopic dermatitis with xerophthalmia in children: A case report
The management of the atopic dermatitis is not easy and in the severe cases it is a chalenge for the physician. It was reported a 6 year and 3 month old boy with severe atopic dermatitis with erythroderma, secondary infection, marasmic type of severe ...
Sumadiono, Sumadiono
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