The diurnal secretory characteristics of individual meibomian glands

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-38

  Blackie, Caroline A ^a,b   Korb, Donald R ^a,b  

^a Korb Associates   (United States)

^b TearScience Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual meibomian gland secretory characteristics; Meibomian gland diagnostic expression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER EYELID; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; NOSE SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETION; UPPER EYELID; BODY FLUID; EYELID; PHYSIOLOGY;

LIPID;

ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649141669     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181ac9fd0     Document Type: Article

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