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Dry eye and Meige's syndrome |
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| Authors: | K Tsubota T Fujihara M Kaido A Mori M Mimura and M Kato |
| Institution: | Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan. |
| Abstract: | AIMS—To determine the relation between dry eye and Meige's syndrome. METHODS—325 patients with dry eye were divided into those responsive to topical and other forms of treatment (n=276) and those who were not (n=49). A neuropsychiatric examination was performed to check for Meige's syndrome in the latter group. RESULTS—Twenty eight (57%) of the treatment unresponsive patients were diagnosed with Meige's syndrome. CONCLUSIONS—There is a subgroup of patients with dry eye who do not respond to simple therapy. More than half of these patients have Meige's syndrome and need psychiatric, as well as ophthalmic, care. |
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