Quantitative analysis of tear film fluorescence and discomfort during tear film instability and thinning

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2645-2653

  Begley, Carolyn ^a   Simpson, Trefford ^b   Liu, Haixia ^c   Salvo, Eliza ^a   Wu, Ziwei ^a   Bradley, Arthur ^a   Situ, Ping ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal sensory nerves; Evaporation; Fluorescein concentration quenching; Nociception; Tear film break up; Tear film instability; Tear film thinning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE BURNING; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE DISEASE; EYE IRRITATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEROSMOLARITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR BREAKUP; TEAR FILM; TEAR FILM FLUORESCENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BLINKING; CORNEA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876080047     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-11299     Document Type: Article

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