Decreased tear lipocalin concentration in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 803-805

  Yamada, Masokazu ^a,b   Mochizuki, H ^a,b   Kawai, M ^a   Tsubota, K ^a   Bryce, T J ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICINCHONINIC ACID; CINCHONINE; FLUORESCEIN; LIPOCALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID LEVEL; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION; MICROPIPETTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; TEAR FILM;

AGED; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EYE PROTEINS; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS;

EID: 21344467678     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.055822     Document Type: Article

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