Changing trends in the definition and diagnosis of dry eyes

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 507.e1-507.e4

  Dogru, Murat ^a,f   Stern, Michael E ^b   Smith, Janine A ^c   Foulks, Gary N ^d   Lemp, Michael A ^e   Tsubota, Kazuo ^f  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRY EYE; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; LACRIMAL FLUID; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIRMER TEST; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STANDARDIZATION; TEAR FILM; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 24044450619     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.04.034     Document Type: Editorial

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