Four characteristics and a model of an effective tear film lipid layer (tfll)

Ocular Surface

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 236-245

  King Smith, P Ewen ^a   Bailey, Melissa D ^a   Braun, Richard J ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blinks; Evaporation resistance; Evaporative dry eye; Lipid layer structure; Lipid monolayers; Meibomian gland dysfunction; Skin lipid barrier; X ray analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BUTANE; CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; FATTY ACID; HEXADECANOL; HYDROCARBON; KETONE; LIPID; LUNG SURFACTANT; OCTADECANOL; OLEIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SKIN LIPID; STEARIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; EVAPORATION; EYELID REFLEX; GEL; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID MONOLAYER; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION; MELTING POINT; MEMBRANE MODEL; NONHUMAN; SURFACE TENSION; TEAR FILM; TEAR FILM LIPID LAYER; TEMPERATURE; WATER LOSS;

BLINKS; EVAPORATION RESISTANCE; EVAPORATIVE DRY EYE; LIPID LAYER STRUCTURE; LIPID MONOLAYERS; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION; SKIN LIPID BARRIER; X-RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEARS;

EID: 84893779340     PISSN: 15420124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtos.2013.05.003     Document Type: Review

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