Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 13, Issue 9 , Pages 1016-1021 , September 2007

Use of Fluid-Ventilated, Gas-Permeable Scleral Lens for Management of Severe Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca Secondary to Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease

  • Kikuchi Takahide

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • Pablo M. Parker

      Affiliations

    • Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • Michael Wu

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • William Y.K. Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Singapore General Hospital, SingHealth, Singapore
    • ,
  • Paul A. Carpenter

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
    • University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • Carina Moravec

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • Barbara Stehr

      Affiliations

    • Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • Paul J. Martin

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
    • University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • Perry Rosenthal

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Medical School and Boston Foundation for Sight, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Stephen J. Forman

      Affiliations

    • Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • Mary E.D. Flowers

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
    • University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Mary E.D. Flowers, MD, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N, D5-290, Seattle, WA 98109.

Received 21 March 2007 ,Accepted 7 May 2007.

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PII: S1083-8791(07)00287-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2007.05.006

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 13, Issue 9 , Pages 1016-1021 , September 2007

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