Human meibum lipid conformation and thermodynamic changes with meibomian-gland dysfunction

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3805-3817

  Borchman, Douglas ^a   Foulks, Gary N ^a,b   Yappert, Marta C ^a   Bell, James ^a   Wells, Emily ^a   Neravetla, Shantanu ^a   Greenstone, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; LIPID; MEIBUM LIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION; MELTING POINT; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; AGED; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LACRIMAL FLUID; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; PHASE TRANSITION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TEARS; THERMODYNAMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956275923     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6514     Document Type: Article

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