Model for ocular tear film function

Cornea

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 110-119

  Mathers, William D ^a,b   Lane, James A ^a   Sutphin, John E ^a   Zimmerman, M Bridget ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Blepharitis; Dry eye; Evaporation; Meibomian gland dysfunction; Tear film

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEAR FILM;

BLEPHARITIS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYE; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEARS;

EID: 0030047026     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199603000-00002     Document Type: Article

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