The association of bulbar conjunctival folds with other clinical findings in normal and moderate dry eye subjects

Optometry

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 576-582

  Miller, William L ^a   Narayanan, Srihari ^a   Optom, B ^a   Jackson, Julie ^a   Bergmanson, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctival injection; Corneal staining; Dry eye; Lid parallel conjunctival folds (LIPCOF); Osmolality; Research studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; OSMOLALITY; STAINING; VAPOR PRESSURE; AGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORNEA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLARITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORNEA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; STAINING AND LABELING; TEARS;

EID: 0642279449     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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