Effects of eyelid scrubbing on the lid margin

CLAO Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-113

  Greiner, Jack V ^a,b   Leahy, Charles D ^a   Glonek, Thomas ^c   Hearn, Stacey L ^a   Auerbach, David ^a   Davies, Laura ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; COSMETIC; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLEPHARITIS; DRUG EFFECT; EYELID; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BLEPHARITIS; CELL COUNT; CONTACT LENSES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EYELIDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; PREDNISOLONE; RABBITS; SULFACETAMIDE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0032926127     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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