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A clinical field trial and a controlled study were carried out in France, Germany and the United Kingdom between 1992 and 1993 with the help of Schering Plough, USA in order to assess the efficacy of Cyclosporine A ointment in the treatment of “Keratoconjunctivitis sicca” (KCS) and a breed specific ocular disease, „Keratitis Überreiter“ in the German Shepherd Dog.
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Neumann, W., Schulte-Neumann, A.L. (1995). The Use of Cyclosporine a in Veterinary Ophthalmology. In: Weisse, I., Hockwin, O., Green, K., Tripathi, R.C. (eds) Ocular Toxicology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1887-7_36
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