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Review
. 2011 Mar 30;52(4):1930-7.
doi: 10.1167/iovs.10-6997b. Print 2011 Mar.

The international workshop on meibomian gland dysfunction: report of the definition and classification subcommittee

J Daniel Nelson  1 , Jun Shimazaki, Jose M Benitez-del-Castillo, Jennifer P Craig, James P McCulley, Seika Den, Gary N Foulks
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The international workshop on meibomian gland dysfunction: report of the definition and classification subcommittee

J Daniel Nelson et al. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
An early classification scheme of meibomian gland disease from Foulks and Bron included presentations other than MGD, and separated MGD into high- and low-delivery states. Reprinted with permission from Foulks GN, Bron AJ. Meibomian gland dysfunction: a clinical scheme for description, diagnosis, classification, and grading. Ocul Surf. 2003;1:107–126. © Ethis Communications, Inc.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
The classification system described by Bron and Tiffany segregated the etiologies of meibomian gland disease into primary, secondary, and hypersecretory causes. Theirs was a unique presentation in its circular configuration. Reprinted with permission from Bron AJ, Tiffany JM. The contribution of meibomian disease to dry eye. Ocul Surf. 2004;2:149–164. © Ethis Communications, Inc.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
The new classification system proposed by the International Workshop on MGD distinguishes among the subgroups of MGD on the basis of the level of secretions and further subdivides those categories by potential consequences and manifestations. On the basis of these proposed classifications, obstructive MGD is the most pervasive.
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