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Gender disparities in ocular inflammatory disorders.
Current eye research - 1 Feb 2015
Sen Hatice Nida, Davis Janet, Ucar Didar, Fox Austin, Chan Chi Chao, Goldstein Debra A
Abstract excerpt
Ocular inflammatory disorders disproportionately affect women, and the majority of affected women are of childbearing age. The role of sex or reproductive hormones has been proposed in many other inflammatory or autoimmune disorders, and findings from non-ocular autoimmune diseases suggest a complex interaction between sex hormones, genetic factors and the immune system. However, despite the age and sex bias,...
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