Meibomian gland dysfunction in patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Our meta-analysis reveals an uncertain difference in the NIBUT-f between TAO patients and controls: while the pooled results showed a trend of shortening, sensitivity analysis indicated high dependence on individual studies.

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