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Abstract
Corneal and conjunctival dryness due to deficient tear production, predominantly in menopausal and post-menopausal women. Filamentary keratitis or erosion of the conjunctival and corneal epithelium may be caused by these disorders. Sensation of the presence of a foreign body in the eye and burning of the eyes may occur.
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- Dry Eye Disease
- Dry Eye Diseases
- Dry Eye Syndrome
- Dry Eye
- Evaporative Dry Eye
- Evaporative Dry Eye Disease
- Evaporative Dry Eye Syndrome
- Dry Eye, Evaporative
- Dry Eyes
- Evaporative Dry Eyes
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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general or unspecified: prefer specifics; do not confuse with XEROPHTHALMIA
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Dry Eye Syndromes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015352. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015352
- Dry Eye Syndromes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18553790