Tear film stability: A review

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-38

  Sweeney, Deborah F ^a   Millar, Thomas J ^a   Raju, Shiwani R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dewetting; Lipid layer; Non invasive break up time; Ocular mucins; Ocular proteins; Tear break up time; Tear film assessment; Tear film stability

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTEIN; LIPID; MUCIN;

ABERROMETRY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE SURGERY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; KERATOMETRY; KERATOSCOPY; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; STIMULUS; TEAR FILM; TEAR FILM STABILITY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

DEWETTING; LIPID LAYER; NON-INVASIVE BREAK-UP TIME; OCULAR MUCINS; OCULAR PROTEINS; TEAR BREAK-UP TIME; TEAR FILM ASSESSMENT; TEAR FILM STABILITY;

ABERROMETRY; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIPID BILAYERS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUCINS; TEARS;

EID: 84888131987     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.08.010     Document Type: Review

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