Limbal and bulbar hyperaemia in normal eyes

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-20

  Pult, Heiko ^a,d   Murphy, Paul J ^a   Purslow, Christine ^a   Nyman, Jeffrey ^b   Woods, Russell L ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^c SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulbar hyperaemia; Bulbar redness; Clinical grading; Limbal hyperaemia; Limbal redness; Normal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BULBAR HYPEREMIA; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREMIA; LIMBAL HYPEREMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 38149041748     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2007.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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