Practical issues concerning tear protein assays in dry eye

Eye and Vision

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  D’Souza, Sharon ^a   Tong, Louis ^b,c,d,e  

^a Narayana Health City   (India)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Dry eye; Human; Proteomics; Review; Tear

Indexed keywords

EID: 85132172343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23260254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40662-014-0006-y     Document Type: Review

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