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Why the eye becomes dry: a cornea and lacrimal gland feedback model.
Mathers WD. Mathers WD. CLAO J. 2000 Jul;26(3):159-65. CLAO J. 2000. PMID: 10946988
PURPOSE: Many explanations have been offered for why a large segment of the population develops dry eye. The purpose of this paper is to describe a new unifying theory of dry eye that incorporates all of these causes. ...This data was reviewed in terms …
PURPOSE: Many explanations have been offered for why a large segment of the population develops dry eye. The purpose of this p …
From tarsal anatomy to tear-film homeostasis: A history-informed review of the meibomian gland in ocular surface biology.
Zhang J, Li Z. Zhang J, et al. Exp Eye Res. 2026 Aug;269:111052. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2026.111052. Epub 2026 May 12. Exp Eye Res. 2026. PMID: 42119841
This review reconstructs the transition from early anatomical recognition to the modern concept of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) as a major contributor to evaporative dry eye. We use "epistemic activation" as an analytic term for the historical process by which …
This review reconstructs the transition from early anatomical recognition to the modern concept of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) as a ma …