Tear meniscus height, lower punctum lacrimale, and the tear lipid layer in normal aging

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 731-739

  Patel, Sudi ^a,b,c   Wallace, Iain ^b  

^a Vissum Instituto Oftalmologico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

^b West Coast Eye Research   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Lipid layer; Punctum; Tear volume

Indexed keywords

LIPID LAYERS; PUNCTUM; TEAR VOLUME;

BODY FLUIDS; DISEASE CONTROL; EYE PROTECTION; INTERFEROMETRY;

LIPIDS;

LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; LACRIMAL GLAND; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TEAR FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS;

EID: 33750067673     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000236810.17338.cf     Document Type: Article

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