Tear and meibomian gland function in blepharitis and normals

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 203-208

  McCann, Louise C ^a   Tomlinson, Alan ^a   Pearce, Edward I ^a   Diaper, Charles ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blepharitis; Meibomian gland; Tear film

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVAPORATION; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BLEPHARITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 68849088948     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181a9d79d     Document Type: Article

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