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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 26.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 Nov 7;147(2):198–e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.08.032

Table 5.

Tear Epidermal Growth Factor Concentration in Dysfunctional Tear Syndrome

Group EGF pg/ml
No DTS 1277±619
DTS 926±930
DTS w/MGD 1310±935
DTS w/o MGD 572±379. P < 0.05*
*

vs normal control

EGF=epidermal growth factor; DTS = Dysfunctional Tear Syndrome; MGD = meibomian gland disease