Relationship between dry eye symptoms and pain sensitivity

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1304-1308

  Vehof, Jelle ^a,b   Kozareva, Diana ^a   Hysi, Pirro G ^a   Harris, Juliette ^a   Nessa, Ayrun ^a   Williams, Frances K ^a   Bennett, David L H ^c   McMahon, Steve B ^c   Fahy, Samantha J ^a,d   Direk, Kenan ^a   Spector, Tim D ^a   Hammond, Christopher J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAT; HEAT PAIN SUPRATHRESHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SENSORY ANALYSIS; TEAR FLOW; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPERESTHESIA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885900269     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.4399     Document Type: Article

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