Optical coherence tomography for measuring the tear film meniscus: Correlation with schirmer test and tear-film breakup time

Current Eye Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 736-742

  Altan Yaycioglu, Rana ^a   Sizmaz, Selcuk ^a   Canan, Handan ^a   Coban Karatas, Muge ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dry eye syndromes; Optical coherence tomography; Tears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIRMER TEST; TEAR FILM; TEAR FILM BREAK UP TIME; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEARS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84878518273     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2013.774422     Document Type: Article

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