Reduced Tear Meniscus Dynamics in Dry Eye Patients With Aqueous Tear Deficiency

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Yuan, Yimin ^a   Wang, Jianhua ^a   Chen, Qi ^a,b   Tao, Aizhu ^a,b   Shen, Meixiao ^a   Shousha, Mohamed Abou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LACRIMAL GLAND FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 77952544425     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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