Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society
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Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc · Aug 2016
Discordant Dry Eye Disease (An American Ophthalmological Society Thesis).
To improve understanding of dry eye disease and highlight a subgroup of patients who have a component of central sensitization and neuropathic pain contributing to their condition. ⋯ Individuals with discordant dry eye may have a central pathophysiologic mechanism leading to their eye pain symptoms, which could be an important factor to consider in treatment of chronic idiopathic dry eye.