Lipid component contributions to the surface activity of meibomian lipids

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 7208-7219

  Schuett, Burkhardt S ^a   Millar, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; FATTY ACID; LIPID; EYE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LACRIMAL FLUID; LIPID METABOLISM;

EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEARS;

EID: 84872023272     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-10471     Document Type: Article

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