Analysis of human tear fluid components, inhibiting protein adhesion to plastic surfaces

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 319-328

  Kuizenga, Abel ^a,b   Van Haeringen, Nicolaas J ^b   Meijer, Frans ^b   Kijlstra, Aize ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

coating inhibitory activity; tears

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACRIMAL FLUID; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030249679     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0121     Document Type: Article

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