Lacrimal Testing: The Dye Disappearance Test & the Jones Test

Annals of Ophthalmology - Glaucoma

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 357-363

  Guzek, James P ^a   Yoon, Patricia S ^b   Stephenson, Christopher B ^b   Stephenson, Charles M ^b   Shavlik, Gerald W ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SLIT LAMP;

EID: 0030447482     PISSN: 10794794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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