The study of dry eye and meibomian glands in psoriasis.

Background: To investigate aqueous and lipid layers of the tear film as well as meibomian gland structure by meibography in psoriatic patients in the Iranian population.

Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 31 psoriasis patients and 31 controls in Birjand University of Medical Sciences in 2018. The sampling method was available from the date of approval of the proposal in the Ethics Committee until it reached the sample size.