The function and morphology of Meibomian glands in patients with thyroid eye disease: a preliminary study.

Chia-Yu WangRen-Wen HoPo-Chiung FangHun-Ju YuChun-Chih ChienChang-Chun HsiaoMing-Tse Kuo

Published in: BMC ophthalmology (2018)

Patients with active TED had more severe MGd, but thicker LLT. Active TED may cause periglandular inflammation of MGs, leading to MGd, but compensatory secretion from residual MGs and lagophthalmos-induced forceful blinking might temporarily release more lipids over the tear film.

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