Grading of corneal and conjunctival staining in the context of other dry eye tests

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 640-650

  Bron, Anthony J ^a   Evans, Victoria E ^a   Smith, Janine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Conjunctiva; Cornea; Filter; Fluorescein; Grading; Lissamine green; Rose Bengal; Staining

Indexed keywords

DYE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; FLUORETS; MINIMS; ROSE BENGAL;

ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MONITORING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAINING;

COLORING AGENTS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORNEA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LISSAMINE GREEN DYES; ROSE BENGAL; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0141596908     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200310000-00008     Document Type: Article

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