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Observational studyJournal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics2023

Exploring Signs and Symptoms Associated with Meibomian Gland Dysfunction for Use as Clinical Trial Endpoints.

Layla Ajouz, Ashley Nguyen, Cathy Zhao, Michael R Robinson, Kelly K Nichols

Open access · hybridAbstract readObservational Study
In one paragraph

Observational study in Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Impact of definition of meibomian gland dysfunction on the frequency of MGD in dry eye disease from the DREAM© study.Contact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association · 2025
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Changes in Human Meibum Lipid Composition Related to the Presence and Severity of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction.Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics · 2024
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Layla AjouzAllergan, an AbbVie company, Irvine, California, USA.
Ashley NguyenAllergan, an AbbVie company, Irvine, California, USA.
Cathy ZhaoAllergan, an AbbVie company, Irvine, California, USA.
Michael R RobinsonAllergan, an AbbVie company, Irvine, California, USA.
Kelly K NicholsSchool of Optometry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
AbbVie (United States) · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Dry Eye SyndromesEyelid DiseasesMeibomian Gland DysfunctionHumansMeibomian GlandsTearsdry eye diseaseendpointsmeibomian gland dysfunctionmeibum quality

Identifiers

PMID37643299
PMCPMC10654652
OpenAlexW4386241911

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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