Correlation of tear fluorescein clearance and Schirmer test scores with ocular irritation symptoms

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 803-810

  Afonso, Adolfo A ^a   Monroy, Dagoberto ^a   Stern, Michael E ^b   Feuer, William J ^a   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^a   Pflugfelder, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE IRRITATION; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033513242     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90170-7     Document Type: Article

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