Examination of murine tear film

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3520-3525

  Tran, Cuong H ^a   Routledge, Caroline ^a   Miller, Julian ^b   Miller, Frances ^b   Hodson, Stuart A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Cardos Scientific   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; POLYELECTROLYTE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION EXCHANGE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEL; MICROELECTRODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCLERA; TEAR FILM; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BODY WATER; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICROELECTRODES; TEARS;

EID: 0041842704     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0178     Document Type: Article

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