Quantitative tear study using the red phenol test in the Brazilian population;Estudo quantitativo da lágrima pelo teste de fenol vermelho na população brasileira

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-437

  Hida, Richard Yudi ^a,b,f   Nishiwaki Dantas, Maria Cristina ^a,b,c   Hida, Milton Massato ^a,d   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,e  

^a Hospital Central da Irmandade   (Brazil)

^b IRMANDADE DA SANTA CASA DE MISERICÓRDIA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Cornea; Cross cultural comparison; Diagnostic techniques; Dry eye syndromes; Ophthalmological; Osmolar concentration; Phenolsulfonphthalein diagnostic use; Tears

Indexed keywords

PHENOL; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRY EYE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMATION; OSMOLARITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 29244481962     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492005000400004     Document Type: Article

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