Prevalence of dry eye in University Malaya Medical Centre

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 390-397

  Jamaliah, R ^a   Fathilah, Jaais ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Phenol red thread test; Schirmer's test; Tear film; Tear film break up time; UMMC

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CORNEA; COTTON THREAD TEST; DRY EYE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PHENOL RED THREAD TEST; PREVALENCE; SCHIRMER TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEAR BREAK UP TIME; TEAR FILM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0037979259     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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