Ocular ferning test - Effect of temperature and humidity on tear ferning patterns

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 102-107

  Horwath, Jutta ^a,c   Ettinger, Karl ^b   Bachernegg, Maria ^a   Bodner, Elizabeth ^a   Schmut, Otto ^a  

^a University Eye Clinic   (Austria)

^b Institute of Mineralogy and Petrology   (Austria)

^c Universitats Augenklinik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Contact lens tolerance; Dry eye; Morphology; Ocular ferning test; Relative humidity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEHYDRATION; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEARS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035104932     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050838     Document Type: Article

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