Subjective and objective variation of the tear film pre- and post-sleep

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 740-749

  Bitton, Etty ^a   Keech, Adam ^b   Jones, Lyndon ^b   Simpson, Trefford ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulbar hyperemia; Closed eye; Non invasive break up time (NIBUT); OCT; Subjective scales; Tear ferning; Tear meniscus height (TMH)

Indexed keywords

BULBAR HYPEREMIA; CLOSED EYE; NON-INVASIVE BREAK-UP TIME (NIBUT); OCT; SUBJECTIVE SCALES; TEAR FERNING; TEAR MENISCUS HEIGHT (TMH);

SLEEP RESEARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; TEAR FILM; VISION; CHEMISTRY; LACRIMAL FLUID; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP; TEARS;

EID: 52049114208     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318181a92f     Document Type: Article

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