Quantification of human sebum on skin and human meibum on the eye lid margin using sebutape®, spectroscopy and chemical analysis

Current Eye Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 553-562

  Ashraf, Zara ^a   Pasha, Uzma ^a   Greenstone, Victoria ^a   Akbar, Janeeta ^a   Apenbrinck, Edwin ^a   Foulks, Gary N ^a,b   Borchman, Douglas ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry Eye; Infrared Spectroscopy; Lipid; Meibomian Gland Dysfunction; Meibum; Sebum; Sebutape

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION; MEIBUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASE; SEBUM; SECRETIONS; SKIN; TEST STRIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; SEBUM; SKIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956286602     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2011.574331     Document Type: Article

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