Aqueous deficiency is a contributor to evaporation-related dry eye disease

Abstract Dry eye disease aetiologies can be classified dichotomously into aqueous deficient and evaporative types although many cases involve combinations of both. Differential diagnosis can be confounded by some features of dry eye disease being common to both aetiologies. For example, short tear b...

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Main Author: Charles W. McMonnies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:Eye and Vision
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40662-019-0172-z