Dynamic changes in the lower tear meniscus after instillation of artificial tears

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 404-408

  Wang, Yan ^a   Zhuang, Hong ^a   Xu, Jianjiang ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Jiang, Chunhui ^a   Sun, Xinghuai ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

anterior segment optical coherence tomography; dry eye; tear meniscus

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SODIUM; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEARS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 77957368778     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181bd476c     Document Type: Article

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