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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Blepharitis Lids demonstrate findings of blepharitis: diffuse eyelid margin thickening and hyperemia with lash crusts. Reproduced with permission from: Trobe, JD. The Eyes Have It: An interactive teaching and assessment program on vision care. WK Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan. Copyright © Jonathan D Trobe, MD.

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