Prevalence and risk factors of meibomian gland dysfunction: The Singapore malay eye study

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1223-1228

  Siak, Jay J K ^a   Tong, Louis ^a,b   Wong, Wan Ling ^a   Cajucom Uy, Howard ^a   Rosman, Mohamad ^a   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,c   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,c,d  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cornea; epidemiology; inflammation; ocular surface

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL DEPOSIT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SLIT LAMP;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84867402565     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f0977     Document Type: Article

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