Arita, Reiko M.D., Ph.D.; Fukuoka, Shima M.D.; Morishige, Naoyuki M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Ophthalmology, Itoh Clinic (R.A.), Saitama, Japan; Department of Ophthalmology (R.A., S.F.), University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Lid and Meibomian Gland Working Group (R.A., S.F., N.M.), Tokyo, Japan; and Department of Ophthalmology (N.M.), Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Address correspondence to Reiko Arita, M.D., Ph.D., Itoh Clinic, 626-11 Minaminakano, Minuma-ku, Saitama, Saitama 337-0042, Japan; e-mail: [email protected]
R. Arita has applied for a patent on the meibography technique described in this manuscript (Japanese patent registration no. 5281846, U.S. patent publication no. 2011-0273550A1, European patent publication no. 2189108A1) and is a consultant for Japan Focus Corporation. The remaining authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.