Relationship of impression cytology and tear ferning to reports of dry eye

Optometry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-192

  Jackson, Julie A ^a   Perrigin, Judith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Impression cytology; Mucin deficiency; Tear ferning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; CYTOLOGY; DRY EYE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS;

EID: 0033088988     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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