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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: In keratoconjunctivitis sicca patients, prednisolone treatment for 28 days resulted in a decrease in tear NGF levels, symptom scores, and IC scores, whereas hyaluronic acid treatment had no such effect (68. 2 + / -25. 0 pg/mug vs. 108. 0 + / -43. 4 pg/mug, P < 0. 0001 for tear NGF/TP ratio ; 2. 16 + / -1. 01 vs. 3. 39 + / -1. 50, P = 0. 0014 for symptom scale ; 1. 05 + / -0. 67 vs. 1. 61 + / -0. 86, P = 0. 0317 for IC).