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Easy and effective test to evaluate tear-film stability for self-diagnosis of dry eye syndrome: blinking tolerance time (BTT)

BACKGROUND: The tear film breakup time (tBUT) is a clinical evaluation of evaporative dry eye disease assessed by instilling topical fluorescein into the eyes. In the present study, we introduce a new diagnostic test, blinking tolerance time (BTT), for self-evaluation of tear-film stability. We comp...

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Autores principales: Hwang, Hyung Bin, Ku, Yong Ho, Kim, Eun Chul, Kim, Hyun Seung, Kim, Man Soo, Hwang, Ho Sik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7640480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33148200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-020-01686-5