Topical azithromycin therapy for meibomian gland dysfunction: Clinical response and lipid alterations

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 781-788

  Foulks, Gary N ^a   Borchman, Douglas ^a   Yappert, Marta ^b   Kim, Sung Hye ^a   McKay, John W ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

azithromycin; lipid; meibomian gland dysfunction

Indexed keywords

AZASITE; AZITHROMYCIN; LIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; EYE DROPS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLIT LAMP; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DRUG EFFECTS; EYELID DISEASES; LIPID METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 77954426609     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181cda38f     Document Type: Article

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