The impact of ocular demodicosis on the eyes

Anny Mansim Cheng^{1

2

3}, Anat Galor^{4

5}, Raphael Banoub^{6

7}, Shailesh K Gupta^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Broward Health, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA. acheng@browardhealth.org.
² Specialty Retina Center, Coral Springs, FL, USA. acheng@browardhealth.org.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. acheng@browardhealth.org.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Miami Veterans Administration Medical Center, Miami, FL, USA.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
⁶ Department of Ophthalmology, Broward Health, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
⁷ Specialty Retina Center, Coral Springs, FL, USA.

Editorial

Anny Mansim Cheng et al. Eye (Lond). 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;37(15):3061-3062.

doi: 10.1038/s41433-023-02526-8. Epub 2023 Apr 29.

Anny Mansim Cheng^{1

2

3}, Anat Galor^{4

5}, Raphael Banoub^{6

7}, Shailesh K Gupta^{6

7}

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Broward Health, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA. acheng@browardhealth.org.
² Specialty Retina Center, Coral Springs, FL, USA. acheng@browardhealth.org.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. acheng@browardhealth.org.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Miami Veterans Administration Medical Center, Miami, FL, USA.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
⁶ Department of Ophthalmology, Broward Health, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
⁷ Specialty Retina Center, Coral Springs, FL, USA.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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