Tear film volume and protein analysis in full-term newborn infants

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 400-404

  Esmaeelpour, M ^a,b   Watts, P O ^c   Boulton, M E ^d   Cai, J ^d   Murphy, P J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

blinking; Infant; lacrimal gland; tear protein

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LACTOFERRIN; LIPOCALIN; LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TEAR FILM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTOFERRIN; MALE; MURAMIDASE; TEARS; TERM BIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952985546     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181f22cd9     Document Type: Article

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