Estimating the prevalence of dry eye among Indian patients attending a tertiary ophthalmology clinic

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-255

  Gupta, N ^a   Prasad, I ^a   Jain, R ^a   D'Souza, P ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY EYE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCMONNIES INDEX; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIRMER TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAINING; TEAR FILM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; LACRIMAL FLUID; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SECRETION (PROCESS); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

EYE DROPS; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TEARS;

EID: 77952804697     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12647085215859     Document Type: Article

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