Effect of Blinking on Tear Volume After Instillation of Midviscosity Artificial Tears

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 920-924

  Palakuru, Jayachandra R ^a,b   Wang, Jianhua ^a,b   Aquavella, James V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR FILM;

ADULT; BLINKING; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; TEARS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 56249106115     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.06.020     Document Type: Article

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