The Correlation Between the Tear Film Lipid Layer and Dry Eye Disease

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-374

  Foulks, Gary N ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

dry eye; hyperosmolarity; keratoconjunctivitis sicca; lipid layer thickness; tear film

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; EYE DROPS; FRESHKOTE; LIPID; MACROGOL 400; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; REFRESH ENDURA; SHAMPOO; SOOTHE; SYSTANE; TEARGARD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS HUMOR FORMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRY EYE; EVAPORATION; EYE INJURY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOLARITY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; LACRIMATION; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TEAR FILM; VISUAL ACUITY;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEARS;

EID: 34250196492     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2007.04.009     Document Type: Review

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