Meibomian lipid films and the impact of temperature

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5508-5518

  Butovich, Igor A ^a,b   Arciniega, Juan C ^a   Wojtowicz, Jadwiga C ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERESIS; ISOTHERM; LIPID MEMBRANE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MELTING POINT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLD TEMPERATURE; ELASTICITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; PRESSURE; TEARS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79955936670     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5419     Document Type: Article

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