title: Dry eye and Meige's syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the relation between dry eye and Meige's syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  325 patients with dry eye were divided into those responsive to topical and other forms of treatment (n = 276) and those who were not (n = 49). A neuropsychiatric examination was performed to check for Meige's syndrome in the latter group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty eight (57%) of the treatment unresponsive patients were diagnosed with Meige's syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a subgroup of patients with dry eye who do not respond to simple therapy. More than half of these patients have Meige's syndrome and need psychiatric, as well as ophthalmic, care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsubota
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujihara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaido
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015352:Dry Eye Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008538:Meige Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome