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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Determination of Tear Lipid Film Thickness Based on a Reflected Placido Disk Tear Film Analyzer.

Pin-I Fu, Po-Chiung Fang, Ren-Wen Ho, Tsai-Ling Chao, Wan-Hua Cho, Hung-Yin Lai, Yu-Ting Hsiao, Ming-Tse Kuo

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Pin-I FuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.
Po-Chiung FangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.
Ren-Wen HoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-5475-9800
Tsai-Ling ChaoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.
Wan-Hua ChoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.
Hung-Yin LaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.
Yu-Ting HsiaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.
Ming-Tse KuoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-4159-0564

Funding

Chang Gung Medical Foundation CMRPG8G0311Chang Gung Medical Foundation CPRPG8I0011Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan 104-2314-B-182A-101-MY3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims at determining the thickness of the tear lipid layer (LL) observed from a placido-disc-based tear film analyzer. We prospectively collected reflections of placido-disk LL images using a tear film analyzer (Keratograph

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dry eyelipid layer thicknessmeibomian gland dysfunctiontear film homeostasis

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PMID32481747
PMCPMC7345488

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