Blinking and superficial punctate keratopathy in patients with diabetes mellitus

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 418-421

  Inoue, K ^a,b   Okugawa, K ^b   Amano, S ^b   Oshika, T ^c   Takamura, E ^d   Egami, F ^e   Umizu, G ^e   Aikawa, K ^e   Kato, S ^b  

^a Inoue Eye Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blinking; Diabetes mellitus; Superficial punctate keratopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTION; REACTION TIME; RECORDING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEAR FILM; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 17544368807     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701497     Document Type: Article

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