Abstract
Purpose : The tear film forms an important part of our visual system and is essential for the functioning of the ocular surface. A stable tear film is required for preventing the most common ocular surface disease - dry-eye. Most of the studies on tears are conducted using samples from adult subjects and only few reports are available on tears of infants and children while it is known that infants and children have more stable tear film than adults. It is likely that nature of tears is different in children because dry-eye mainly occurs in adults. This study aimed at characterizing the biophysical characteristics of the tear film of children to look into tear film stability.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 1389 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Keywords
- biophysics
- children
- tears