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Nutrition a priority for dry eye patients

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Julianne Mobilian
Conferences|ASCRS

Here's why John Sheppard, MD, believes nutrition should be the cornerstone of dry eye therapy.

John Sheppard, MD, discusses the benefits of supplementing nutraceuticals with other treatments to improve dry eye symptoms at the annual 2019 ASCRS meeting in San Diego. 

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