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Analysis of Tear Protein Patterns for the Diagnosis of Dry Eye

Perihan SabuncuoAlbert J. AugustinFranz H. Grus

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medicine.medical_specialtygenetic structuresbusiness.industryTear proteinsMucinMedicineDiseasebusinessDermatologyeye diseases

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Dry eye syndrome occurs very frequently in the industrial world. In the United States, one of five people, 59 millions patients, suffer from symptoms of this disease (Eagle Vision, Yankelovich and Partners, 1997), and the number of patients has doubled in the last 10 years. 1-4 Diagnosis and treatment of dry eye syndrome are challenging. In fact, a curative therapy of this disease does not exist. Dry eye is a disease with various symptoms resulting from aqueous, mucin or lipid deficiency. Different diseases, among them Sjogren’s syndrome, can cause this deficiency, but most patients do not have accompanying disorders.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2002-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_172