Comparison of Tearscope-plus versus slit lamp measurements of inferior tear meniscus height in normal individuals

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 819-824

  Fodor, Eszter ^a   Hagyó, Krisztina ^a   Resch, Miklós ^a   Somodi, Dóra ^a   Németh, János ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Slit lamp; Tear meniscus height; Tearscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SCHIRMER TEST; SLIT LAMP; STAINING; TEAR FILM; VOLUNTEER; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LACRIMAL FLUID; MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEARS;

EID: 77957564307     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067211002000502     Document Type: Article

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