Successful Tear Lipid Layer Treatment for Refractory Dry Eye in Office Workers by Low-Dose Lipid Application on the Full-Length Eyelid Margin

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Goto, Eiki ^a,b,c   Dogru, Murat ^b,d   Fukagawa, Kazumi ^b,c,d   Uchino, Miki ^b   Matsumoto, Yukihiro ^b,d   Saiki, Megumi ^b   Tsubota, Kazuo ^b,d  

^a TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Dry Eye Center   (Japan)

^d TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; EYELID; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33746272008     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.03.022     Document Type: Article

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