Evaluation of tear osmolarity in non-Sjögren and Sjögren syndrome dry eye patients with the TearLab system

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 379-381

  Lemp, Michael A ^a   Foulks, Gary N ^b   Pepose, Jay S ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; TEARLAB OSMOLARITY SYSTEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CASE CONTROL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY EYE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIP PARALLEL CONJUNCTIVAL FOLD; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHIRMER TEST; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STUDY DESIGN; TEAR FILM BREAK UP TIME; TEAR FLOW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MALE; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TEARS;

EID: 84873996002     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31826ef421     Document Type: Letter

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