Use of a high molecular weight fluorescein (fluorexon) ophthalmic strip in assessments of tear film break-up time in contact lens wearers and non-contact lens wearers

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-127

  Doughty, Michael J ^a   Jalota, Vinati ^a   Bennett, Emma ^a   Naase, Taher ^a   Oblak, Emil ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bis N, N bis (carboxymethyl) aminoethyl fluorescein; Contact lens wear; Fluorescein; Fluorexon; Ophthalmic strips; Preservative free saline; Tear film stability

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; DYE; FLUORESCEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEAR FILM; TEST STRIP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESICCATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; SURFACE TENSION;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; DESICCATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTOMETRY; SURFACE TENSION; TEARS;

EID: 21244475913     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2004.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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