Atelocollagen punctal occlusion in dry eye patients

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-50

  Miyata, Kazunori ^a   Otani, Shinichiro ^a   Miyai, Takashi ^a   Nejima, Ryohei ^a   Amano, Shim ^b,c  

^a Miyata Eye Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atelocollagen; Dry eye; Punctal plugs

Indexed keywords

ATELOCOLLAGEN; FLUORESCEIN; ROSE BENGAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DRY EYE; EVALUATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCTAL OCCLUSION; SAFETY;

ADULT; AGED; COLLAGEN; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROSE BENGAL; TEARS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29744441166     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000164783.10667.a4     Document Type: Article

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