Effect of systane and optive on aqueous tear evaporation in patients with dry eye disease

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 358-360

  Wojtowicz, Jadwiga C ^a   Arciniega, Juan C ^a   McCulley, James P ^a   Mootha, V Vinod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Eye drop; Optive; Systane; Tear evaporation; Tear film

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; EYE DROPS; OPTIVE; SYSTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRY EYE; EVAPORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR FILM;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; VOLATILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649271275     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181f9b36e     Document Type: Article

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