Innovative dry eye diagnosis system using microbalance technology

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 506 B, Issue , 2002, Pages 1165-1169

  Endo, Koji ^a   Goto, Eiki ^b   Suzuki, Atsushi ^a   Fujikura, Yoshiaki ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^b  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRY EYE; EVAPORATION; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LACRIMATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0345269246     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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