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Contribution of Mucins towards the Physical Properties of the Tear Film: A Modern Update

Instability of the tear film (TF) protecting the ocular surface results in dry eye syndrome (DES), the most prevalent public health ophthalmic disease affecting the quality of life of 10 to 30% of the human population worldwide. Although the impact of the tear film lipid layer (TFLL) and of the aque...

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Autores principales: Georgiev, Georgi As., Eftimov, Petar, Yokoi, Norihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6941008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31817367
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20246132