Tear film breakup and structure studied by simultaneous video recording of fluorescence and tear film lipid layer images

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4900-4909

  Ewen King Smith, P ^a   Reuter, Kathleen S ^a   Braun, Richard J ^b   Nichols, Jason J ^c   Nichols, Kelly K ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Fluorescein breakup; Hyperosmolarity; Tear film lipid layer

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; LIPID;

ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARTICLE; DRY EYE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; LENS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEAR FILM; TEAR FILM THINNING; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EVAPORATION; FLUORESCEIN BREAKUP; HYPEROSMOLARITY; TEAR FILM LIPID LAYER;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84880682543     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-11878     Document Type: Article

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