Reproducibility and repeatability of the OcuSense TearLab ™ osmometer

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 250, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1201-1205

  Eperjesi, Frank ^a   Aujla, Maana ^a   Bartlett, Hannah ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Osmolarity; Osmometer; TearLab; Tears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OSMOLARITY; OSMOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPEATABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866424715     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-012-1961-4     Document Type: Article

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