Tear Evaporation Rates in Sjögren Syndrome and non-Sjögren Dry Eye Patients

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Goto, Eiki ^a,b   Matsumoto, Yukihiro ^b,c   Kamoi, Mizuka ^b   Endo, Koji ^d   Ishida, Reiko ^b,c   Dogru, Murat ^b,c   Kaido, Minako ^b,c   Kojima, Takashi ^b,c,e   Tsubota, Kazuo ^b,c  

^a TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e CHUKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRY EYE; EVALUATION; EVAPORATION; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAL STAIN;

EID: 34250710743     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.03.055     Document Type: Article

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