Tear meniscus changes during cotton thread and Schirmer testing

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3748-3753

  Yokoi, N ^a   Kinoshita, S ^a   Bron, A J ^a   Tiffany, J M ^a   Sugita, J ^a   Inatomi, T ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA CURVATURE; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LABORATORY TEST; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHIRMER TEST; TEAR FILM;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS;

EID: 0033753773     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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