The Impact of Nasal Conjunctivochalasis on Tear Functions and Ocular Surface Findings

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Wang, Yan ^a,b   Dogru, Murat ^a,c   Matsumoto, Yukihiro ^a   Ward, Samantha K ^a   Ayako, Igarashi ^a,c   Hu, Yiqian ^a,d   Okada, Naoko ^a   Ogawa, Yoko ^a   Shimazaki, Jun ^c   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FLUORESCEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN 5AC; ROSE BENGAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHALAZION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVOCHALASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LACRIMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIRMER TEST; TEAR FILM; VITAL STAIN;

EID: 36248943130     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.07.037     Document Type: Article

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