Tear lipid layer deficiency associated with incomplete blinking: A case report

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kawashima, Motoko ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blink; Lipid layer; Meibomian gland

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; BLINKING; CASE REPORT; DEFICIENCY; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ARTICLE; DRY EYE;

ADULT; BLINKING; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; TEARS;

EID: 84880100698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-13-34     Document Type: Article

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