An assessment of the pattern of spontaneous eyeblink activity under the influence of topical ocular anaesthesia

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 243, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 306-312

  Naase, Taher ^a   Doughty, Michael J ^a   Button, Norman F ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; MINIMS BENOXINATE; OXYBUPROCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; EYELID REFLEX; GAZE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLINKING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCAINE; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 20444457132     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-004-0990-z     Document Type: Article

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