Rheology of tear film lipid layer spread in normal and aqueous tear-deficient dry eyes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5319-5324

  Yokoi, Norihiko ^a   Yamada, Hideaki ^a   Mizukusa, Yutaka ^b   Bron, Anthony J ^c   Tiffany, John M ^c   Kato, Takahisa ^d   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOWA COMPANY LTD   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRY EYE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEAR FILM; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY; FLOW KINETICS; LACRIMAL FLUID; LIGHT; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEOLOGY; TEARS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149218799     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1407     Document Type: Article

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