Diagnostic value of tear films tests in type 2 diabetes

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 577-581

  Rahman, Atiya ^a   Yahya, Kamran ^a   Ahmed, Tabussum ^a   Sharif Ul Hasan, Khwaja ^a  

^a BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PAKISTAN; ROSE BENGAL TEST; SCHIRMER TEST; TEAR FILM; TEAR FILM BREAKUP TIME TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRY EYE; HEALTH SURVEY; LACRIMAL FLUID; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MALE; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; TEARS;

EID: 38349155249     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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