Study on tear function abnormality in pterygium

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 204-208

  Ergin, Ahmet ^a,b   Bozdoǧan, Önder ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breakup time test; Mucus fern test; Pterygium; Schirmer's test; Tear function test

Indexed keywords

TEAR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTERYGIUM; SCHIRMER TEST; TEAR FILM; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; TEARS;

EID: 0034984427     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050859     Document Type: Article

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