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OPHTHALMOLOGE
Volume 106, Issue 11, Pages 988-994Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-009-2005-2
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Dry eye; Sex hormones; Lacrimal gland; Meibomian gland; Review
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Among ophthalmic diseases dry eye in its various forms, represents an entity with one of the highest prevalences and at the same time the lowest chance for causal therapy. Since some years there is growing evidence that sex hormones play a key role in the formation and course of the disease and thus provide potentially promising approaches for therapy. The objective of this article is to briefly outline current scientific knowledge on the relationship between androgens, estrogens,and progesterones on the one hand and the lacrimal gland and Meibomian glands respectively.
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