Open AccessIn vivo Confocal Microscopy Evaluation of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction in Dry Eye Patients with Different Symptoms
Author(s) -
Hui Zhao,
Jing-Yao Chen,
Yuqian Wang,
Lin Zhong,
Shen Wang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chinese medical journal/chinese medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2542-5641
pISSN - 0366-6999
DOI - 10.4103/0366-6999.192782
Subject(s) - meibomian gland , confocal microscopy , in vivo , confocal , medicine , microscopy , ophthalmology , pathology , biology , optics , eyelid , microbiology and biotechnology , physics
Dry eye patients suffer from all kinds of symptoms. Sometimes, the clinical signs evaluation does not disclose any obvious difference in routine examination; in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) is a powerful tool for ocular surface disease. This study aimed to clarify meibomian gland (MG) alterations in dry eye patients with different symptoms and to compare the findings using IVCM.