Tear film normalization test: A new diagnostic test for dry eyes

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1153-1157

  Latkany, Robert ^a   Lock, Barbara G ^a   Speaker, Mark ^a  

^a Laser and Corneal Surgery Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial tears; Diagnostic test; Dry eye syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; REFRESH PLUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EROSION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRY EYE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TEAR FILM NORMALIZATION TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEARS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33845735978     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000240085.21105.51     Document Type: Article

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