Schirmer strip vs. capillary tube method: Non-invasive methods of obtaining proteins from tear fluid

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-142

  Posa, Andreas ^a   Bräuer, Lars ^a,b   Schicht, Martin ^a,b   Garreis, Fabian ^a,b   Beileke, Stephanie ^a   Paulsen, Friedrich ^a,b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary tube method; Dry eye; Proteomics; Schirmer strip; Surfactant proteins; Tear fluid

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; SURFACTANT PROTEIN B; SURFACTANT PROTEIN C; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY TUBE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SCHIRMER STRIP; TEAR FILM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAPILLARY TUBING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEOME; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876697764     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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