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Blepharitis as an early sign of metabolic syndrome: a nationwide population-based study

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  • Chia-Yi Lee Department of Ophthalmology, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hung-Chi Chen Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan Center for Tissue Engineering, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hui-Wen Lin Department of Optometry, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jing-Yang Huang Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shih-Chun Chao Department of Ophthalmology, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Department of Optometry, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Chao-Bin Yeh Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan Department of Emergency Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hung-Yu Lin Department of Ophthalmology, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan Department of Optometry, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan Department of Optometry, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shun-Fa Yang Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Hung-Yu Lin, Department of Ophthalmology, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan; anthonyhungyulin{at}hotmail.com and Professor Shun-Fa Yang, Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan; ysf{at}csmu.edu.tw
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Lee C, Chen H, Lin H, et al
Blepharitis as an early sign of metabolic syndrome: a nationwide population-based study
British Journal of Ophthalmology 2018;102:1283-1287.

Publication history

  • Received July 4, 2017
  • Revised October 11, 2017
  • Accepted November 5, 2017
  • First published November 16, 2017.
Online issue publication 
September 15, 2018

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