Efficacy and safety of infrared warming of the eyelids

Cornea

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 188-193

  Mori, Asako ^a   Oguchi, Yoshihisa ^a   Goto, Eiki ^a,b   Nakamori, Katsu ^c   Ohtsuki, Tomohiro ^c   Egami, Fuminobu ^c   Shimazaki, Jun ^a,b   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Hyperthermia; Infrared radiation; Meibomian gland dysfunction; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORDEOLUM; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032953150     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199903000-00008     Document Type: Article

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