New treatment of dry eye: The effect of calcium ointment through eyelid skin delivery

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 767-770

  Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b   Monden, Yu ^c   Yagi, Yukiko ^a   Goto, Eiki ^a,b   Shimmura, Shigeto ^a,b  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; PETROLATUM; ROSE BENGAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; LOWER EYELID; MALE; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAINING; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SYMPTOM; TEAR FILM;

EID: 0032791566     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.7.767     Document Type: Article

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