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The front of the eye and its delicate membrane, the conjunctiva, are kept moist and protected by a thin layer of fluid – tears – secreted by the lachrymal (tear) glands. The disease affects the tear-producing lachrymal glands.
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Hughes, G., Sangle, S., Bowman, S. (2014). Eyes. In: Sjögren’s Syndrome in Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06059-0_2
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