Changes in the evaporation rate of tear film after digital expression of meibomian glands in patients with and without dry eye

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 843-847

  Arciniega, Juan Carlos ^a   Wojtowicz, Jadwiga Cristina ^a   Mohamed, Engy Mostafa ^a   McCulley, James Parker ^a  

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

Author keywords

dry eye; meibomian gland dysfunction; meibum; tear evaporation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRY EYE; EVAPORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR FILM;

ADULT; AGED; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MALE; MASSAGE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960700465     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31820cd291     Document Type: Article

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