The lipid layer and stability of the preocular tear film in newborns and infants

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1408-1411

  Isenberg, Sherwin J ^a,b,c   Del Signore, Madeline ^c   Chen, Anthony ^c   Wei, Jeffrey ^c   Guillon, Jean Pierre ^d  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DEVICE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; LACRIMAL FLUID; LIPID MONOLAYER; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; TEAR FILM; THICKNESS; TIME;

EID: 0037478966     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00451-2     Document Type: Article

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