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Immune based inflammation represents an important new approach to the understanding of dry eye disease and is able to cause a negative feedback on protective mechanisms of the ocular surface.
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Knop, N., Knop, E. Immune modulated inflammation of the ocular surface — a change of paradigm in the understanding of dry eye disease. Spektrum Augenheilkd 18, 164 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03163163
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