The role of lipocalin in determining the physical properties of tears

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 506 A, Issue , 2002, Pages 581-585

  Tiffany, John M ^a   Nagyová, Beatrix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; LACTOFERRIN; LIPID; LIPOCALIN; LYSOZYME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SPHINGOMYELIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0036940582     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_81     Document Type: Conference Paper

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