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Conjunctival epithelium improvement after systemic pilocarpine in patients with Sjogren's syndrome

Pasquale Aragona, R. Di Pietro, Rosaria Spinella, M. Mobrici

British Journal of Ophthalmology · 2006 · 60 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

Oral pilocarpine induced an increase in goblet cells number and an amelioration of conjunctival epithelium not dependent on tear secretion.

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