The Efficacy, Sensitivity, and Specificity of In Vivo Laser Confocal Microscopy in the Diagnosis of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 665-672

  Ibrahim, Osama M A ^a   Matsumoto, Yukihiro ^a   Dogru, Murat ^a,b   Adan, Enrique Sato ^a   Wakamatsu, Tais Hitomi ^a   Goto, Tateki ^c   Negishi, Kazuno ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER MICROSCOPY; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLIT LAMP; TEAR FILM; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEARS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 77949658433     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.12.029     Document Type: Article

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