The international workshop on meibomian gland dysfunction: Report of the subcommittee on anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the meibomian gland

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1938-1978

  Knop, Erich ^a   Knop, Nadja ^a   Millar, Thomas ^b   Obata, Hiroto ^c   Sullivan, David A ^d,e  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; CHOLESTEROL; DOXYCYCLINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTROGEN; FAT DROPLET; FATTY ACID; FATTY ALCOHOL; GESTAGEN; ISOTRETINOIN; KERATIN; LIPOCALIN; MINOCYCLINE; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOYL COENZYME A; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; RETINOIC ACID; SEX HORMONE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACINAR CELL; AGING; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLEPHAROCONJUNCTIVITIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRY EYE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFECTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; KERATINIZATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTION; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEBUM SECRETION; STEM CELL; TEAR FILM; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER EYELID; WORKSHOP;

HUMANS; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS;

EID: 79953759323     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6997c     Document Type: Article

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