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New Options for Patients with Concurrent Dry Eye & Rheumatic Disease

  |  Issue: May 2019  |  

Vanessa Caceres is a medical writer in Bradenton, Fla.

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Funding Notes

The TFOS DEWS II was supported by unrestricted donations from Alcon, Novartis, Shire, Allergan, Bausch+Lomb, Akorn, CooperVision, Dompé, Horus Pharma, Lμbris BioPharma, Oculeve, TearLab, Laboratoires Théa, SIFI, Sun Pharma, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Quint Health, Scope Ophthalmics and Senju.

References

  1. Nelson JD, Craig JP, Akpek EK, et al. TFOS DEWS II Report. Ocular Surface Journal. 2017 Jul.
  2. Asbell PA, Maguire MG, Pistilli M. N-3 fatty acid supplementation for the treatment of dry eye. N Engl J Med. 2018 May 3;378(18):1681–1690.

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