In vivo tear-film thickness determination and implications for tear-film stability
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Current Eye Research
- Vol. 17 (11) , 1058-1066
- https://doi.org/10.1076/ceyr.17.11.1058.5233
Abstract
PURPOSE. Previous measurements of tear-film thickness in vivo are limited and cannot be easily applied in a clinical setting. A novel technique to measure tear-film thickness indirectly is introduc...Keywords
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