Basal values, intra-day and inter-day variations in tear film osmolarity and tear fluorescein clearance

Current Eye Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 673-679

  García, Noelia ^a   Tesón, Marisa ^a,b   Enríquez De Salamanca, Amalia ^a,b   Mena, Laura ^a   Sacristán, Amelia ^a   Fernández, Itziar ^a,b   Calonge, Margarita ^a,b   González García, María J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basal values; Dry eye disease; Ocular surface; Osmolarity; Tear fluorescein clearance test

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; EYE DROPS; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTER DAY VARIATION; INTRA DAY VARIATION; LABORATORY TEST; LACRIMATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSMOMETRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEAR FILM; TEAR FLOW; TEAR FLUORESCEIN CLEARANCE TEST; TEAR OSMOLARITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FOLLOW UP; LACRIMAL FLUID; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901821621     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2013.865757     Document Type: Article

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