OCT assessment of tear meniscus after punctal occlusion in dry eye disease

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Ibrahim, Osama M A ^a   Dogru, Murat ^a,b   Kojima, Takashi ^a   Matsumoto, Yukihiro ^a   Wakamatsu, Tais Hitomi ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a   Fujishima, Hiroshi ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dry eye; OCT; punctal plug; tear meniscus

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEARS; CLINICAL TOOLS; CONTROL GROUPS; DRY EYE; HELSINKI; OCT; PUNCTAL PLUG; ROSE BENGAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEAR FILMS; TEAR MENISCUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAL STAINING;

DYES; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; SILICONES;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

EYE DROPS; HYALURONIC ACID; VISCOSUPPLEMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEARS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISCOSUPPLEMENTS;

EID: 84861094295     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31824eeb07     Document Type: Article

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