Tear film with “orgahexa eyemasks” in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2008, Pages E684-E691

  Ishida, Reiko ^a   Matsumoto, Yukihiro ^a   Onguchi, Tatsuya ^a   Kaido, Minako ^a   Iwamuro, Kenji ^b   Kobayashi, Julie ^b   Takano, Yoji ^b   Shimazaki, Jun ^b   Goto, Eiki ^b   Dogru, Murat ^b   Tsubota, Kazuo ^b  

^a Tsurumi Dental College   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eye warming; Meibomian gland dysfunction; Tear lipid layer; Tear stability

Indexed keywords

BREAK-UP; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DRY EYE; EYE WARMING; HEALTHY CONTROLS; LIPID LAYERS; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; SLIT LAMP EXAMINATION; TEAR FILMS; TEAR LIPID LAYER; TEAR STABILITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAL STAINING;

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; EYE; EYE MASK; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; MALE; MASK; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIRMER TEST; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASE; SLIT LAMP; TEAR FILM; TEMPERATURE; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAL STAIN; BODY TEMPERATURE; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; EYELID DISEASE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; LACRIMAL FLUID; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

LIPID;

BODY TEMPERATURE; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LIPIDS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEARS;

EID: 52049100456     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318181ae83     Document Type: Article

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