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SANFORD R. GIFFORD, M.D.; IRVING PUNTENNEY, M.D.; JOHN BELLOWS, M.D., Ph.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1943;30(2):207-216.

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For about two years before the report of Bruce¹ which appeared in 1940 we had been interested in keratoconjunctivitis sicca and had collected data on a number of cases. Bruce covered the subject so well that the complete review which was in preparation seemed unnecessary, but the number of patients seen both before and after his report, in most of whom the disease was previously undiagnosed, and the fact that no other satisfactory study of the condition has appeared in the American literature prompt us to summarize certain facts learned from observation of these patients.

During the past four years, we have listed in our diagnosis file 49 patients as having evidence of deficient lacrimation. These patients may be divided into three groups :

Group I comprised 16 patients showing a lacrimal deficiency with moistening of less than 15 mm. on the Schirmer test after five minutes, but no corneal . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Medical School.

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