Blink Efficiency: A neglected area of ocular surface disease management?

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4484-

  McMonnies, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DRY EYE; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; LETTER; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLINKING; LACRIMAL FLUID; METABOLISM; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

BLINKING; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; HUMANS; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; TEARS;

EID: 80052345035     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-7751     Document Type: Letter

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