The relationship between clinical signs and dry eye symptoms

Eye

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 502-510

  Pult, H ^a,b   Purslow, C ^b   Murphy, P J ^b  

^a Optometry and Vision Research   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dry eye; lid parallel conjunctival folds; lid wiper epitheliopathy; LIPCOF; NIBUT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LID PARALLEL CONJUNCTIVAL FOLD; LID WIPER EPITHELIOPATHY; MALE; NON INVASIVE BREAKUP TIME; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULAR HYPEREMIA; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE INDEX; PARAMETER; PHENOL RED THREAD TEST; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEAR MENISCUS HEIGHT;

EID: 79954466389     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2010.228     Document Type: Article

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