Effects of dietary supplementation with fish oil on dry eye syndrome subjects: Randomized controlled trial

Biomedical Research (Japan)

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 215-220

  Kawakita, Tetsuya ^a   Kawabata, Fuminori ^b,c   Tsuji, Tomoko ^b   Kawashima, Motoko ^a   Shimmura, Shigeto ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; FLUORESCEIN; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; PLACEBO; ROSE BENGAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRY EYE; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIRMER TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887036701     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: 1880313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.34.215     Document Type: Article

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