Schirmer test performed with open and closed eyes: Variations in normal individuals;Comparação entre os testes de Schirmer em olhos abertos e fechados em indivíduos normais

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-67

  Serruya, Leão Gabbay ^a   Nogueira, Daniel Cruz ^a   Hida, Richard Yudi ^b,c,d  

^a Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ambulatório de Córnea e Doenças Externas   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cornea; Diagnostic techniques; Dry eye syndromes diagnosis; Keratitis; Ophthalmological; Tears secretion

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; TEST STRIP; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REAGENT STRIPS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEARS;

EID: 70449453541     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492009000100013     Document Type: Article

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