Journal Reviews

Tear production levels and dry eye disease

1 April 2019 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease | Dry eye disease, Schirmer I test, clinical tests, large population of patients, tear production levels

Dry eye disease (DED) is multifactorial, caused by an alteration in the quality or quantity of tear film’s three layers. Several tests are available for diagnosis. The aim of this study was to determine if the Schirmer test (ST) could...

Meibomian gland dropout in patients with dry eyes

1 December 2014 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease | Dry eye disease, meibomian gland, non-contact meibography system

In this prospective study 264 patients with symptoms of dry eye were examined with a non-contact meibography system to assess the morphological changes in their meibomian glands. These patients were not previously diagnosed with meibomian gland dysfunction and patients with...