Development of a Rabbit Model of Tear Film Instability and Evaluation of Viscosity of Artificial Tear Preparations

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 390-397

  Nakamura, Shigeru ^a,b,c   Okada, Shoji ^b   Umeda, Yuzuru ^b   Saito, Fumio ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ophtecs Corporation   (Japan)

^c Ophtecs Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial tear; Corneal; Eye bathing; Tear film; Viscosity agent

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; EYE DROPS; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TEAR FILM; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; CELLULOSE; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; HYALURONIC ACID; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; METHYLCELLULOSE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; RABBITS; TEARS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 2142700117     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200405000-00015     Document Type: Article

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