Effect of blinking on tear dynamics

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3032-3037

  Palakuru, Jayachandra R ^a,b   Wang, Jianhua ^a,b   Aquavella, James V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA TEAR; TEAR FLOW; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA; HISTOLOGY; LACRIMAL FLUID; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BLINKING; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TEARS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 34548088956     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1507     Document Type: Article

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