Tear osmolarity in the diagnosis and management of dry eye disease

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 792-798.e1

  Lemp, Michael A ^a,i   Bron, Anthony J ^b   Baudouin, Christophe ^c   Bentez Del Castillo, Jos M ^d   Geffen, David ^e   Tauber, Joe ^f   Foulks, Gary N ^g   Pepose, Jay S ^h   Sullivan, Benjamin D ⁱ  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^e Gordon Binder and Weiss Vision Institute   (United States)

^f Tauber Eye Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ TearLab Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONJUNCTIVAL STAINING; CORNEAL STAINING; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOLARITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND GRADING; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSMOLARITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHIRMER TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEAR FILM BREAK UP TIME; TEAR OSMOLARITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 79955111191     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.10.032     Document Type: Article

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