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Tear lipid layer deficiency associated with incomplete blinking: A case report

BACKGROUND: Meibomian gland obstruction induces hyposecretion of tear film lipids, which results in lipid layer deficiency and evaporative dry eye. Unfortunately, the importance of blinking in meibomian gland dysfunction has been largely overlooked, and it is not known whether incomplete blinking ca...

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Autores principales: Kawashima, Motoko, Tsubota, Kazuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3737109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23855887
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2415-13-34