Lid-parallel conjunctival folds (LIPCOF) and dry eye: A multicentre study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1380-1385

  Németh, János ^a   Fodor, Eszter ^a   Lang, Zsolt ^b   Kosina Hagyó, Krisztina ^a   Berta, András ^c   Komár, Tímea ^c   Petricek, Igor ^d   Higazy, Mohamed ^e   Prost, Marek ^f   Grupcheva, Christina ^g   Kemer, Ozlem Evren ^h   Schollmayer, Petra ⁱ   Samaha, Ameed ^j   Hlavackova, Katarina ^k  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^e BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^f MILITARY INSTITUTE OF AVIATION MEDICINE   (Poland)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

^h ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^j International Eye and Ear Hospital   (Lebanon)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAK UP TIME; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; LID PARALLEL CONJUNCTIVAL FOLDS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER 1 TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CONJUNCTIVA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEARS;

EID: 84868125321     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-301580     Document Type: Article

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