Association of tear proteins with Meibomian gland disease and dry eye symptoms

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 848-852

  Tong, Louis ^a,b,c   Zhou, Lei ^a,d   Beuerman, Roger W ^a,b,d   Zhao, Shao Zhen ^e   Li, Xiao Rong ^e  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENOLASE; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALGIZZARIN; CALGRANULIN B; CALVASCULIN; LACTOFERRIN; LIPOCALIN 1; LYSOZYME; OROSOMUCOID; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN INDUCIBLE PROTEIN; TEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EPIPHORA; EYE DISCHARGE; EYE DISEASE; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DISEASE; NANOANALYSIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYE PROTEINS; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79956356348     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.185256     Document Type: Article

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