Blink efficiency: a neglected area of ocular surface disease management?

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Who cites it

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3. Lid wiper epitheliopathy: an early sign of dry eye diagnosis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025
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4. Comparison of deep learning-assisted blinking analysis system and Lipiview interferometer in dry eye patients: a cross-sectional study.Eye and vision (London, England) · 2024
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5. Decrease in Tear Film Lipid Layer Thickness in Patients with Keratoconus.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022
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6. Improvement of Ocular Surface Disease by Lateral Tarsoconjunctival Flap in Thyroid-Associated Orbitopathy Patients with Lid Retraction.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022
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7. Effects of warm compress on tear film, blink pattern and Meibomian gland function in dry eyes after corneal refractive surgery.BMC ophthalmology · 2021
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8. Relationship between lipid layer thickness, incomplete blinking rate and tear film instability in patients with different myopia degrees after small-incision lenticule extraction.PloS one · 2020
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9. A single vectored thermal pulsation treatment for meibomian gland dysfunction increases mean comfortable contact lens wearing time by approximately 4 hours per day.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018
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10. Hormone replacement therapy benefits meibomian gland dysfunction in perimenopausal women.Medicine · 2016
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11. Tear lipid layer deficiency associated with incomplete blinking: a case report.BMC ophthalmology · 2013
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12. Dry eye disease and microbial keratitis: is there a connection?The ocular surface · 2013
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Corrections and comments

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  The international workshop on meibomian gland dysfunction: report of the subcommittee on management and treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction.2011

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