The residence time of pollen on the ocular surface - first observations in-vivo;Die Verweildauer von Pollen an der Augenoberfläche - erste Beobachtungen in-vivo

Spektrum der Augenheilkunde

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 343-346

  Rabensteiner, D F ^a   Spreitzhofer, E ^a   Kirchengast, S ^a   Wachswender, C ^a   Horwath Winter, J ^a   Schmut, O ^a  

^a Universitats Augenklinik   (Austria)

Author keywords

In vivo examination; Ocular surface; Pollen; Residence time

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952595861     PISSN: 09304282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00717-009-0353-6     Document Type: Article

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