Noncontact Infrared Meibography to Document Age-Related Changes of the Meibomian Glands in a Normal Population

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 911-915

  Arita, Reiko ^a,b   Itoh, Kouzo ^a   Inoue, Kenji ^c   Amano, Shiro ^b  

^a Itoh Clinic   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Inoue Eye Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; MEIBOGRAPHY; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; TEAR FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TEARS;

EID: 42649122972     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.06.031     Document Type: Article

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