Tears evaluation of one sample of keratoconus patients in kuala lumpur

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-55

  Mohd Ali, B ^a   Liew, L Y ^a   Tai, H J ^a   Wong, Y Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Flourescein staining; Keratoconus; NIBUT; Schirmer test; TBUT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMAL GLAND FUNCTION; MALAYSIA; MALE; NON INVASIVE TEAR BREAK UP TIME TEST; OPTOMETRY; SCHIRMER TEST; TEAR BREAK UP TEST;

HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALAYSIA; TEARS;

EID: 79960163398     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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