Snake-like chromatin in conjunctival cells of a population aged 30-60 years from Copenhagen City

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 294-298

  Bjerrum, Kirsten B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Break up time; Dry eye; Lipid layer; Rose bengal score; Schirmer 1 test; Snake like chromatin

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIRMER TEST; TEAR FILM;

EID: 0031814556     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1998.760308.x     Document Type: Article

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