Androgens and Dry Eye in Sjögren's Syndrome a

@article{Sullivan1999AndrogensAD,
  title={Androgens and Dry Eye in Sj{\"o}gren's Syndrome a},
  author={David A. Sullivan and L. Alexandra Wickham and EDUARDO M. Rocha and Kathleen L. Krenzer and Benjamin D. Sullivan and Rebecca J. Steagall and Jennifer Marie Cermak and Mohamad R. Dana and M. David Ullman and {\'E}lcio Hideo Sato and JIANPING GAO and Flavio Jaime da Rocha and Masafumi Ono and LILIA A. Silveira and Ross William Lambert and Robert Kelleher and Dorothy Bazzinotti Tolls and Ikuko Toda},
  journal={Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences},
  year={1999},
  volume={876}
}
ABSTRACT: Sjögren's syndrome is an extremely complex and currently incurable autoimmune disorder, which occurs primarily in females, and is associated with lacrimal gland inflammation, meibomian gland dysfunction, and severe dry eye. We hypothesize that androgen deficiency, which reportedly occurs in primary and secondary Sjögren's syndrome (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis), is a critical etiologic factor in the pathogenesis of dry eye syndromes. We further hypothesize… 
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