| 1. | Each eyelid of the long-tailed vole has around 3-4 meibomian glands.
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| 2. | Sullivan has been studying the use of testosterone eye drops to restore Meibomian gland function.
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| 3. | The outermost layer is oily, produced by the Meibomian glands at the edge of the eyelid.
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| 4. | Isotretinoin is known to cause meibomian gland dysfunction which causes persistent keratoconjunctivitis sicca ( dry eye ).
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| 5. | Examples of holocrine glands include the sebaceous glands of the skin and the meibomian glands of the eyelid.
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| 6. | IPL is increasingly used in ophthalmology as well, to treat evaporative dry eye disease due to meibomian gland dysfunction.
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| 7. | Factors that contribute to meibomian gland dysfunction can include things such as a person's age and / or hormones.
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| 8. | In both men and women, dry eye can also result from a malfunctioning meibomian gland, producing too few oily tears.
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| 9. | Since then, Toyos has developed the use of IPL to treat chronic dry eye conditions such as meibomian gland dysfunction.
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| 10. | Meibomian gland dysfunction is more often seen in women and is regarded as the main cause of dry eye disease.
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