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Abstract
A chronic dysfunction of MEIBOMIAN GLANDS characterized by altered tear film stability and function due to a decrease or alteration in lipid quality/content in meibum. It is often associated with evaporative-type DRY EYE SYNDROME.
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- MG Dysfunction
- Dysfunction, Meibomian Gland
- MG Dysfunctions
- Meibomian Gland Dysfunctions
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2020
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- Eyelid Diseases (1980-2019)
- Meibomian Glands (1980-2019)
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- National Library of Medicine. Meibomian Gland Dysfunction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000080343. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000080343
- Meibomian Gland Dysfunction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meibomian_gland_dysfunction
- Meibomian Gland Dysfunction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110419412