A New Perspective on Dry Eye Classification: Proposal by the Asia Dry Eye Society

Kazuo Tsubota¹, Norihiko Yokoi, Hitoshi Watanabe+21

• ¹Department of Ophthalmology (K.T., M.D., T.K.), Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Ophthalmology (N.Y., S.K.), Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; Eye Division (H.W.), Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Japan; Japanese Red Cross Gifu Hospital (T.K.), Gifu, Japan; Eye Center (M.Y.), Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Ophthalmology (H.-M.K.), Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea; Department of Ophthalmology (H.-W.T.), Ulsan University Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; Department of Ophthalmology (J.Y.H.), Seoul National University, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea; Department of Ophthalmology (K.C.Y.), Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea; Department of Ophthalmology (K.Y.S.), Yonsei University Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea; Department of Ophthalmology (X.S.), Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing, China; Cornea Service (W.C.), The Affiliated Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Menzhou, China; Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center Sun Yat-Sen University (L.L.), Guangzhou, China; Department of Ophthalmology (M.L.), Peking University International Hospital, Beijing, China; Singapore National Eye Center (L.T.), Singapore; Department of Ophthalmology (F.-R.H.), National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Ophthalmology (V.P.), Chulalongkorn University (V.P.), Bangkok, Thailand; Department of Ophthalmology (R.L.-B.-S.), University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines; International Specialist Eye Centre/National University Hospital (T.K.Y.), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Eye Institute of Xiamen University (Z.L.), Xiamen, China; and Department of Ophthalmology (J.S.), Tokyo Dental College, Ichikawa, Japan.