Upper and lower tear menisci in the diagnosis of dry eye

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2722-2726

  Shen, Meixiao ^a   Li, Jianhua ^a   Wang, Jianhua ^b   Ma, Huixiang ^a   Cai, Chunyan ^a   Tao, Aizhu ^a   Yuan, Yimin ^a   Lu, Fan ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS TEAR DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRY EYE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEAR FILM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLINKING; EYELID; FEMALE; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLINKING; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEARS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849108709     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2704     Document Type: Article

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