The repeatability of tear mucus ferning grading

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 600-604

  Denise Pensyl, C ^a   Dillehay, Sally M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CIBA Vision Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Arborization; Crystallization; Electrolytes; Keratoconjunctivitis sicca; Tear mucus ferning; Tears

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS;

ARBORIZATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; TEAR MUCUS FERNING;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13144293113     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199808000-00025     Document Type: Article

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