Tear film osmolarity: Determination of a referent for dry eye diagnosis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 4309-4315

  Tomlinson, Alan ^a   Khanal, Santosh ^a   Ramaesh, Kanna ^b   Diaper, Charles ^c   McFadyen, Angus ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRY EYE; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TEAR FILM; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LACRIMAL FLUID; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; ROC CURVE;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEARS;

EID: 33750584263     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1504     Document Type: Article

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