A Randomized, Controlled Treatment Trial of Eyelid-Warming Therapies in Meibomian Gland Dysfunction.

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Published in Ophthalmol Ther on August 26, 2014

Authors

Hui Shan Sim1, Andrea Petznick2, Sylvaine Barbier1, Jen Hong Tan3, U Rajendra Acharya3, Sharon Yeo4, Louis Tong1,2,5,6, Collaborative Research Initiative for Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (CORIM)

Author Affiliations

1: Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
2: Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
3: Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore, Singapore.
4: Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore. sharon.yeo.w.j@seri.com.sg.
5: Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
6: Singapore National Eye Center, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore, 168751, Singapore.

Associated clinical trials:

NCT 01448369

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