Meibomian gland dysfunction: A clinical scheme for description, diagnosis, classification, and grading

Ocular Surface

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 107-126

  Foulks, Gary N ^a,c   Bron, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blepharitis; Dry eye; Evaporimetry; Interferometry; Meibography; Meibomian gland dysfunction; Meibomitis; Melbometry; Melbomian gland

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLEPHARITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; OPHTHALMOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASE; TEAR FILM;

EID: 0842283842     PISSN: 15420124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1542-0124(12)70139-8     Document Type: Article

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