GVHD dry eyes treated with autologous serum tears.
Two cases of GVHD with severe dry eyes are reported where conventional therapy failed to control ocular signs and symptoms. Autologous serum tears, however, resulted in a beneficial clinical effect with marked attenuation of the symptoms. This therapy proved to be safe during 10 months of treatment. Bone Marrow Transplantation (2000).
Rocha
E M
EM
Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Pelegrino
F S
FS
de Paiva
C S
CS
Vigorito
A C
AC
de Souza
C A
CA
D000328:Adult; D001769:Blood; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D015466:Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic-Phase / Q000628:therapy; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D014985:Xerophthalmia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions