Madarosis

Madarosis ( Greek madaros , bald), also Madesis , describes the loss of the eyelashes and lateral eyebrows . It can be caused by a chronic inflammatory disease of the eyelid, especially by chronic blepharitis and as a side effect of a drug glaucoma therapy with prostaglandin F 2a - antagonists .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Carl Erb, Torsten Schlote: drug eye therapy. 5th edition. Thieme , Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-13-117925-8 , p. 64.
2. ^ Carl Erb, Torsten Schlote: drug eye therapy. 5th edition, p. 447.

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