Screening for meibomian gland disease: Its relation to dry eye subtypes and symptoms in a tertiary referral clinic in singapore

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3449-3454

  Tong, Louis ^a,b,c   Chaurasia, Shyam S ^b   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^a,b,c   Beuerman, Roger W ^b,d,e  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; LUBRICATING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRY EYE; DYSFUNCTIONAL TEAR SYNDROME; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN TEAR BREAK UP TIME; HUMAN; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASE; SINGAPORE; STAINING; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UPPER EYELID; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; EYELID DISEASE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; LACRIMAL FLUID; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SINGAPORE; TEARS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 77955880916     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4445     Document Type: Article

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