Is ascorbate in human tears from corneal leakage or from lacrimal secretion?

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-27

  Choy, Camus Kar Man ^a   Benzie, Iris Frances Forster ^a   Cho, Pauline ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Ascorbate; Cornea; Oxidant; Tears

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LACRIMAL FLUID; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; SECRETION;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORNEA; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; PERMEABILITY; TEARS;

EID: 1642602814     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2004.tb03142.x     Document Type: Article

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