Efficacy of a new warm moist air device on tear functions of patients with simple meibomian gland dysfunction

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 644-650

  Matsumoto, Yukihiro ^a   Dogru, Murat ^a,e   Goto, Eiki ^b   Ishida, Reiko ^c   Kojima, Takashi ^d   Onguchi, Tatsuya ^a   Yagi, Yukiko ^a   Shimazaki, Jun ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^e  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Iidabashi Murai Clinic   (Japan)

^c Eye Clinic Shizuoka   (Japan)

^d CHUKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meibomian gland dysfunction; Tear film lipid layer; Warm moist air device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMATION; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASE; WARM MOIST AIR DEVICE;

AGED; ASTHENOPIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTERFEROMETRY; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEAM; TEARS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750571942     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000208822.70732.25     Document Type: Article

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