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Arch Ophthalmol. 2004;122:374-375.

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A publication by the Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC, entitled Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health: Does Sex Matter?¹ reported the potential influence that sex plays in nonreproductive areas of biology. Certainly, it is well established that women are more likely to develop autoimmune diseases such as lupus erythematosus and that the recovery of language following a stroke is faster in women compared with men. However, not surprisingly, there was no mention of ophthalmic diseases in this monograph. An editorial by Klein² explored the potential influence that a patient's sex may have on diseases such as macular degeneration and cataracts. In fact, she concluded that at least on a population basis, "the assumption (influence of gender on ophthalmic diseases and therapy) . . . may be less important . . . than non-sex related genetic mechanisms. We may have more to learn by "lumping" the sexes than by dividing . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Eve J. Higginbotham, MD
Baltimore, Md

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