The Repeatability of Clinical Measurements of Dry Eye

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 272-285

  Nichols, Kelly Kinney ^a   Mitchell, G Lynn ^a   Zadnik, Karla ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Dry eye; Keratoconjunctivitis sicca; Reproducibility; Tears

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN; ROSE BENGAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CONTACT LENS; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHIRMER TEST; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEAR FILM; VITAL STAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROSE BENGAL; TEARS;

EID: 1642445597     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200404000-00010     Document Type: Article

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