Evaluation of a self-prepared cotton thread test (SP-CTT) and the phenol red thread (PRT) test

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-14

  Kwong, Yee Man ^a   Cho, Pauline ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chinese; Cotton thread test; Dry eye; Phenol red thread test specificity; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007202131     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.clae.4300102     Document Type: Article

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