Sodium hyaluronate eyedrops enhance tear film stability

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-65

  Hamano, Takashi ^a   Horimoto, Koji ^a   Lee, Mitsue ^a   Komemushi, Sadao ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Eyedrops; Non contact specular microscope; Precorneal tear film breakup time; Sodium hyaluronate

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; HYALURONIC ACID; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; TEAR FILM; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; TEARS;

EID: 0029914921     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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