Pilot, prospective, randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled clinical trial of an omega-3 supplement for dry eye

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 308-314

  Wojtowicz, Jadwiga Cristina ^a   Butovich, Igor ^a   Uchiyama, Eduardo ^a   Aronowicz, Joel ^a   Agee, Shawn ^a   McCulley, James P ^a  

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

Author keywords

dry eye; lipid composition; meibum; omega 3 fatty acid; tear evaporation

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID PLUS DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID PLUS FLAXSEED OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINSEED OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; THERATEARS NUTRITION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRY EYE; EVAPORATION; EVAPOROMETRY; FEMALE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMAL FLUID LEVEL; LACRIMATION; LINSEED; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SLIT LAMP; STAINING; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPSULES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TEARS;

EID: 79951771809     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181f22e03     Document Type: Article

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