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Low-Level Light Therapy in Association with Intense Pulsed Light for Meibomian Gland Dysfunction.

João Heitor MarquesAna Ambrósio MartaPedro Manuel BaptistaDaniel AlmeidaDiana JoséPaulo J M SousaIrene Barbosa
Published in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2022)
Intense pulsed light seems effective and safe for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction, improving symptoms and the tear film lipid layer. This study shows no strong evidence of the benefit of low-level light therapy, but it shows weak evidence that it may further improve aqueous tear production.
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