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Dry Eye Disease Clinical Trial Pipeline Major pharmaceutical companies are working to advance the pipeline space and unlock the future grow ...

Carolyn Adelsten woke up feeling like something was in her eye and it wouldn't come out. She visited an eye specialist, got a diagnosis of mild dry eye disease and was told to ...

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of lacrimal gland ultrasonography in the assessment of chronic ocular graft-versus-host-disease (oGVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell ...

The endocrine system refers to the cells, glands and organs that secrete hormones directly into the blood in order to control physiological and behavioural activities. The effects of the endocrine ...

Methods We collected 140 biopsies from 138 patients (58 lacrimal glands; 82 orbital fat). Diagnoses included healthy controls (n=27), non-specific orbital inflammation (NSOI) (n=61), thyroid eye ...

2 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan 3 Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan Aims To evaluate objectively the meibomian gland area ...

Restoration of lacrimal gland function is important, as is implementation of aggressive immunosuppression. Future advancements in stem cell biology, tissue engineering, bioartificial microsystems ...

Lacrimal gland cancer is a rare type that starts in the glands produce a fluid that cleans and protects the surface of the eyelid. Rhabdomyosarcoma — a cancer that affects muscles, tendons and nerves ...

Lacrimal gland plays a vital role in maintaining the health and function of the ocular surface. Dysfunction of the gland leads to disruption of ocular surface homeostasis and can lead to severe ...