Marx line: Fluorescein staining line on the inner lid as indicator of meibomian gland function

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Yamaguchi, Masahiko ^a,b   Kutsuna, Miki ^a   Uno, Toshihiko ^a   Zheng, Xiaodong ^a   Kodama, Toshio ^a   Ohashi, Yuichi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARX LINE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 33645317644     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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