Cluster analysis of patients with ocular surface disease, blepharitis, and dry eye

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1700-1704

  Mathers, William D ^a,b   Choi, Dongseok ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRY EYE; EVAPORATION; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASE; TEAR FLOW; TURNOVER TIME; VISCOSITY;

ADULT; BLEPHARITIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; TEARS;

EID: 8144221918     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.11.1700     Document Type: Article

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