Eye care professionals know all too well that there have been decades of confusion and complexity surrounding the etiology of dry eye disease. Not only that, but what constitutes dry eye has also been the subject of debate for years. What defines dry eye? How is blepharitis involved? How does aqueous tear deciency, or ATD, relate to meibomian gland dysfunction? Despite our best eorts, our ability to understand the workings of the tear system and how disease affects this system has been limited at best.
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