Turnover rate of tear-film lipid layer determined by fluorophotometry

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1535-1538

  Mochizuki, H ^a   Yamada, M ^a   Hatou, S ^a,b   Tsubota, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 DODECANOYLAMINOFLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EYE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACRIMAL FLUID; LIPID BILAYER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR FILM; TURNOVER TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350436473     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.156828     Document Type: Article

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