Clinical assessment of the lower tear meniscus height

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 526-534

  García Resúa, Carlos ^a   Santodomingo Rubido, Jacinto ^b   Lira, Madalena ^c   Giraldez, Maria Jesus ^a   Vilar, Eva Yebra Pimentel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b MENICON CO LTD   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eye piece graticule; Tear film; Tear meniscus height

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLISH LOGMAR CHART; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; ILLUMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REPRODUCIBILITY; TAMIL LOGMAR CHART; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 68849102076     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2009.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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