Reduced Levels of Tear Lacritin Are Associated With Corneal Neuropathy in Patients With the Ocular Component of Sjögren's Syndrome

PURPOSE: To determine whether levels of endogenous tear protein, lacritin, are linked to altered corneal innervation and dry eye severity in patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS). METHODS: Clinical data were obtained from 10 SS and 10 age-matched controls. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was...

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Autores principales: McNamara, Nancy A., Ge, Shaokui, Lee, Salena M., Enghauser, Alison M., Kuehl, Lindsey, Chen, Feeling Y.-T., Gallup, Marianne, McKown, Robert L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2016
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Cornea
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5063056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27711909
http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.16-19309

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