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Maximum blink interval is associated with tear film breakup time: A new simple, screening test for dry eye disease

The prevalence of dry eye disease (DED) is increasing worldwide, and its diagnosis often needs dedicated reagents and machines. We investigated the usefulness of maximum blink interval (MBI) (the length of time that participants could keep their eyes open) in screening for DED. This cross-sectional...

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Autores principales: Inomata, Takenori, Iwagami, Masao, Hiratsuka, Yoshimune, Fujimoto, Keiichi, Okumura, Yuichi, Shiang, Tina, Murakami, Akira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6128834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30194447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31814-7