A new modified fluorescein strip: Its repeatability and usefulness in tear film break-up time analysis

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-38

  Pult, H ^a,b   Riede Pult, B H ^a  

^a Optometry and Vision Research   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Break up time; Dry eye; Fluorescein; Nibut; Tearfilm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; FILTER; FLUORESCEIN STRIP; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSTRUMENT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TEAR FILM; TEARSCOPE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEARS;

EID: 84855947129     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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