Menisci and fullness of the blink in dry eye

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 706-714

  Harrison, Wendy W ^a,c   Begley, Carolyn G ^a   Liu, Haixia ^a   Chen, Minhua ^a   Garcia, Michelle ^a   Smith, Janine A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Incomplete blink; Tear breakup; Tear film; Tear meniscus height

Indexed keywords

DRY EYE; INCOMPLETE BLINK; TEAR BREAKUP; TEAR FILM; TEAR MENISCUS HEIGHT;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; DYNAMICS; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; TEAR FILM; UPPER EYELID; CHEMISTRY; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; LACRIMAL FLUID; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BLINKING; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEARS;

EID: 52049090211     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318181ae02     Document Type: Article

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