Pre-corneal tear film thickness in humans measured with a novel technique.

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Published in Mol Vis on March 22, 2011

Authors

Kaveh Azartash1, Justin Kwan, Jerry R Paugh, Andrew Loc Nguyen, James V Jester, Enrico Gratton

Author Affiliations

1: Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2715, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Tear Film Thickness Measured Using a Novel Technique | NCT01014780

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