Meibomian glands

Der Ophthalmologe - Tập 106 Số 11 - Trang 966-979 - 2009
Erich Knop1, Nadja Knop2, H. Brewitt3, Uwe Pleyer4, P. Rieck4, Berthold Seitz5, F. Schirra5
1Leiter des Forschungslabors der Augenklinik, Charite – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum (CVK), Berlin, Deutschland
2Abt. für Zellbiologie in der Anatomie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland
3Ressort Trockenes Auge im BVA, Augenarzt, Hannover, Deutschland
4Augenklinik, Charite – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum (CVK), Berlin, Deutschland
5Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes (UKS), Homburg, Deutschland

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