The effect of prematurity on tear production

Current Eye Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-151

  Akar, Yusuf ^a   Cira, Askin ^a   Apaydin, Cemil ^a   Erman, Munire A ^a   Yilmaz, Aygen ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Post conceptional age; Preterm; Tear secretion; Term

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; TEARS;

EID: 1042288108     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.28.2.145.26235     Document Type: Article

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