Dry Eye in Systemic Sclerosis Patients: Novel Methods to Monitor Disease Activity.

Caterina GaglianoElisa VisalliMario Domenico ToroRoberta AmatoGiovanni PantaDavide ScolloGiovanni ScanduraSalvatore FiciliGiorgio AmatoAlessia BenenatiRoberta FotiGiulia MalaguarneraGiuseppe GaglianoRaffaele FalsaperlaTeresio AvitabileRosario Foti

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2020)

SSc patients show lipid tear dysfunction related to the severity and duration of the disease due to inflammation and the subsequent atrophy of the meibomian glands.

Keyphrases

systemic sclerosis
end stage renal disease
disease activity
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
systemic lupus erythematosus
oxidative stress
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
ankylosing spondylitis