The Effect of Tear Supplementation on Ocular Surface Sensations during the Interblink Interval in Patients with Dry Eye. [PDF]
, 2015 PURPOSE: To investigate the characteristics of ocular surface sensations and corneal sensitivity during the interblink interval before and after tear supplementation in dry eye patients.
A Gomis +61 more
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Blink patterns and lid-contact times in dry-eye and normal subjects [PDF]
, 2014 Purpose To classify blinks in dry eye and normal subjects into six subtypes, and to define the blink rate and duration within each type of blink, as well as the total lid-contact time/minute. Materials and methods This was a single-centered, prospective,
Abelson, Mark B +5 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 PurposeTo investigate the effects of high-intensity use of smartphones on ocular surface homeostasis and to explore whether high-intensity use of handheld digital devices can cause false increase of dry eye diagnostic rate.MethodsIn this prospective self-
Chunyang Wang +8 more
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Managing Severe Evaporative Dry Eye with Intense Pulsed Light Therapy
Ophthalmology and Therapy, 2023 Introduction This study assessed the efficacy and safety of intense pulsed light (IPL) therapy in participants with severe evaporative dry eye disease (DED).
Guanghao Qin +13 more
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IRT5 Probiotics Changes Immune Modulatory Protein Expression in the Extraorbital Lacrimal Glands of an Autoimmune Dry Eye Mouse Model [PDF]
, 2020 PURPOSE. While the association between the gut microbiome and the immune system has been studied in autoimmune disorders, little is known about ocular disease.
Choi, Se Hyun +6 more
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Tear and Saliva Metabolomics in Evaporative Dry Eye Disease in Females
Metabolites, 2023 Accurate diagnosis of dry eye disease (DED) is challenging, and even today there is no gold standard biomarker of DED. Hypothesis-free global metabolomic studies of tears from DED patients have great potential to discover metabolites and pathways ...
Fredrik A. Fineide +11 more
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Effect of recombinant human nerve growth factor eye drops in patients with dry eye: a phase IIa, open label, multiple-dose study [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Dry eye disease (DED) affects more than 14% of the elderly population causing decrease of quality of life, high costs and vision impairment.
Allegretti, M. +7 more
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Evaluation of preoperative dry eye in people undergoing corneal refractive surgery to correct myopia [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 AIM: To investigate the incidence of preoperative dry eye and related factors in patients undergoing corneal refractive surgery to correct myopia. METHODS: A total of 141 patients with myopia who underwent corneal refractive surgery were surveyed by ...
Peng-Fei Zhao +8 more
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Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 2008 To determine the most effective objective tests, applied singly or in combination in the diagnosis of dry eye disease.Two groups of subjects--41 with dry eye and 32 with no ocular surface disease--had symptoms, tear film quality, evaporation, tear turnover rate (TTR), volume and osmolarity, and meibomian gland dropout score assessed.The subjects with ...
Santosh, Khanal +4 more
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A review of rabbit models of meibomian gland dysfunction and scope for translational research
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2023 Dry eye disease (DED) is an emerging global health concern with meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) being the most common subtype of DED. Despite being quite prevalent, the pathophysiological mechanisms governing MGD are poorly understood.
Deeksha Prasad +10 more
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