title: [The dry eye in kidney transplant patients].
abstract: Fifty-three patients with severe renal disease and/or kidney transplants underwent full ophthalmological examinations, including tear breakup time, Schirmer's test, and impression cytology of the conjunctivae. Although only some 50% of the patients complained of typical dry-eye symptoms, pathologic changes of the outer eye were found in almost 70%. Tear break-up times and Schirmer's test values were greatly reduced. Morphological changes of the conjunctiva were found in almost all the patients; in 50% of these cases the changes were moderate to severe.
authors: Univers. Augenklinik Marburg/Lahn.
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Strempel
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Grüber
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Bittner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology; D015352:Dry Eye Syndromes / Q000473:pathology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Zum Problem des Trockenen Auges bei Nierentransplantierten.