Effect of artificial tears on visual performance in subjects with dry eye

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 835-842

  Ridder III, William H ^a   Tomlinson, Alan ^b   Paugh, Jerry ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial tears; Contact lens; Dry eye; Tear layer breakup; Vision

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; EYE PROTECTION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; VISION AIDS;

ARTIFICIAL TEARS; CONTACT LENS; DRY EYE; TEAR LAYER BREAKUP;

CONTACT LENSES;

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CLERZ 2; EYE DROPS; GENTEAL LUBRICANT EYEDROPS; HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; POLOXAMER; SENSITIVE EYES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTACT LENS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INSTILLATION; DRY EYE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GRATING; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMETER; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECTACLES; TEAR FILM; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; TEARS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 25644435752     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000177803.74120.6f     Document Type: Article

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