Relationship between tear volume and tear meniscus curvature

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1265-1269

  Yokoi, Norihiko ^a   Bron, Anthony J ^b   Tiffany, John M ^b   Maruyama, Kunio ^a   Komuro, Aoi ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; LACRIMATION; MEASUREMENT; MENISCOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR FILM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; TEARS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 4444264961     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.9.1265     Document Type: Article

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