Evaluation of a new tear osmometer for repeatability and accuracy, using 0.5-μl (500-nanoliter) samples

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 677-680

  Yildiz, Elvin H ^a   Fan, Vincent C ^a   Banday, Hina ^a   Ramanathan, Lakshmi V ^a   Bitra, Ratna K ^a   Garry, Eileen ^b   Asbell, Penny A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Advanced Instruments Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry eye disease; Precision; Repeatability; Tear osmolality; Tear osmometer

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DRY EYE; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LACRIMAL FLUID; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OSMOLALITY; OSMOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; TEARS; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 67650644602     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318198396b     Document Type: Article

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