A novel scraping cytology score system (SCSS) grades inflammation in dry eye patients

Current Eye Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 340-346

  Versura, Piera ^a   Profazio, Vincenzo ^a   Fresina, Michela ^a   Campos, Emilio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytology score; Dry eye; Inflammation; Interleukin 6; Serum albumin

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LACRIMAL FLUID; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MICROSCOPY; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROC CURVE; SCHIRMER TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRAPING CYTOLOGY SCORE SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CHEMISTRY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLARITY; PATHOLOGY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEARS; XEROPHTHALMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649637596     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680902816290     Document Type: Article

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