Effects of a new lipid tear substitute in a mouse model of dry eye

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 802-806

  Scifo, Christian ^a   Barabino, Stefano ^b   De Pasquale, Giuseppe ^a   Blanco, Anna Rita ^a   Mazzone, Maria Grazia ^a   Rolando, Maurizio ^b  

^a SIFI SpA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

artificial tears; dry eye; emulsion

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; FLUORESCEIN; GLYCEROL; HYALURONIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; SCOPOLAMINE; DRUG COMBINATION; EMULSION; EYE DROPS; LIPID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; COTTON THREAD TEST; DRUG EFFECT; DRY EYE; EMULSION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CORNEA; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EMULSIONS; FEMALE; HYALURONIC ACID; LIPIDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; TEARS; CORNEAL INJURIES;

EID: 77954425198     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181ca327e     Document Type: Article

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