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Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: What Have Animal Models Taught Us?

open access: yes, 2020
Studies have estimated that currently 344 million people worldwide and 16.4 million adults in the US have some form of dry eye disease (DED). It is believed that approximately 70% of DED cases are due to some form of evaporative dry eye, for which ...
Isabel Y. Moreno   +3 more
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Meibomian Gland Morphology Among Patients Presenting for Refractive Surgery Evaluation

open access: yesClinical Ophthalmology, 2021
Cassandra C Brooks, Preeya K Gupta Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC, USACorrespondence: Preeya K GuptaDuke University Eye Center at Page Road, 4709 Creekstone Drive, Suite 100, Durham, NC 27703, USAEmail preeya.gupta ...
Brooks CC, Gupta PK
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Pathogens in the Meibomian gland and conjunctival sac: microbiome of normal subjects and patients with Meibomian gland dysfunction

open access: yes, 2018
Xiaodan Jiang,1,2,* Aihua Deng,3,* Jiarui Yang,1,2,* Hua Bai,3 Zhao Yang,3 Jie Wu,3 Huibin Lv,1,2 Xuemin Li,1,2 Tingyi Wen3,4 1Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China; 2Beijing Key Laboratory of Restoration of
Wu J   +8 more
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Meibomian Gland Dysfunction in Patients Receiving Long-Term Glaucoma Medications

open access: yes, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) on the ocular surface of patients with medically treated ...
Mocan, Mehmet C.   +4 more
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Impact of pterygium on the ocular surface and meibomian glands.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
PurposeTo analyze how ocular surface parameters correlate to presence of pterygium and investigate the possible impact of pterygia on tear film findings and meibomian glands findings.MethodsWe investigated objective parameters of the ocular surface such ...
Ana Claudia Viana Wanzeler   +5 more
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Prospective evaluation of intense pulsed light and meibomian gland expression efficacy on relieving signs and symptoms of dry eye disease due to meibomian gland dysfunction

open access: yes, 2017
Steven J Dell,1 Ronald N Gaster,2 Sheila C Barbarino,1 Derek N Cunningham1 1Dell Laser Consultants, Austin, TX, 2Gaster Eye Center, Beverly Hills, CA, USA Purpose: The aim of this study was to estimate the efficacy of intense pulsed light (IPL ...
Dell SJ   +3 more
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The Efficacy of Warm Compresses in the Treatment of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction and Demodex Folliculorum Blepharitis

open access: yes, 2020
Purpose: To investigate and compare the effect of warm compresses on meibomian gland dysfunction and Demodex folliculorum blepharitis. Methods: Forty-two subjects (13 males, 29 females; mean age of 56.45 years) enrolled and completed the two-month warm ...
Murphy, Orla   +2 more
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Meibomian gland dysfunction. III. Meibomian gland lipids.

open access: yesInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science, 1989
The lipid components of meibomian gland excreta were evaluated in rabbits after they received 2% topical epinephrine dropped into their eyes daily for a period of 6 months to a year to induce meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). Changes were compared to excreta obtained from seven age-matched, untreated control rabbits.
N, Nicolaides   +3 more
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Preliminary investigation on the establishment of a new meibomian gland obstruction model and gene expression

open access: yesScientific Reports
Meibomian gland dysfunction is a chronic ocular surface disease with a complex pathogenesis, whose main clinical manifestations are meibomian gland obstruction or/and lipid abnormalities. To explore the mechanism of MGD due to meibomian gland obstruction
Ming Sun   +8 more
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Efficacy of intra-meibomian gland injection of the anti-VEGF agent bevacizumab for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction with lid-margin vascularity

open access: yes, 2018
Xiaodan Jiang,* Yuexin Wang,* Huibin Lv, Yan Liu, Mingzhou Zhang, Xuemin Li Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China *These authors contributed equally to this work Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of a novel ...
Liu Y   +5 more
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