The Association between Meibomian Gland Atrophy and Corneal Subbasal Nerve Loss in Patients with Chronic Ocular Graft-versus-host Disease.
Conclusions: Patients with chronic GVHD are at high risk for developing DED and MG dysfunction. In the setting of chronic GVHD-related DED, MG loss does not appear to be a significant factor for corneal subbasal nerve damage.
PMID: 33427504 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Eye Research - Category: Opthalmology Authors: Dikmetas O, Kocabeyoglu S, Mocan MC Tags: Curr Eye Res Source Type: research
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