Dry eye symptom severity and persistence are associated with symptoms of neuropathic pain

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 665-668

  Galor, Anat ^a,b   Zlotcavitch, Leonid ^b   Walter, Scott D ^a,b   Felix, Elizabeth R ^a,c   Feuer, William ^b   Martin, Eden R ^c   Margolis, Todd P ^d   Sarantopoulos, Konstantinos D ^a,c   Levitt, Roy C ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PERSISTENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC OCULAR PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PHOTOALLODYNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYE PAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84928189285     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2014-306057     Document Type: Article

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