Physical Therapy Modalities of Western Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine for Meibomian Gland Dysfunction
The meibomian gland is a unique sebaceous gland located in the eyelid. Its main function is to secrete lipids and form the lipid layer of the tear film to delay the evaporation of waterborne tears, increase the surface tension of the tear film, and to lubricate the contact area of the eyelid and eye...
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
2020-12-01
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589377720300653 |