Upper punctal occlusion versus lower punctal occlusion in dry eye

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5571-5577

  Chen, Feng ^a   Wang, Jianhua ^b   Chen, Wei ^a   Shen, Meixiao ^a   Xu, Suzhong ^a   Lu, Fan ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL FLUORESCEIN STAINING; DRY EYE; DRY EYE SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER PUNCTAL OCCLUSION; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIRMER TEST; STAINING; TEAR BREAKUP TIME; UPPER PUNCTAL OCCLUSION; UPPER TEAR MENISCUS HEIGHT; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

COLLAGEN; CORNEA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMANS; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEARS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955893935     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-5097     Document Type: Article

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