Effect of warm compress therapy from hard-boiled eggs on corneal shape

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-167

  Lam, Andrew K C ^a   Lam, Chin Hang ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Eyelid; Hard boiled egg; Meibomian glands; Warm compresse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CHINESE; CORNEA; EGG; EYELID; FEMALE; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFRARED THERMOMETER; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WARM COMPRESS THERAPY;

ADULT; BANDAGES; CORNEA; EGGS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33846482513     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000248380.86401.4d     Document Type: Article

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