KeratoScoop (Rebecca's blog)

This is a duplicate of my Dry Eye Digest blogspot blog - to see the full archives back to 2005, please click on that link.

  1. Abstract: Tear protein markers in dry eye disease

    Evaluations of Tear Protein Markers in Dry Eye Disease: Repeatability of Measurement and Correlation with Disease.

    Purpose: To characterize tear protein markers in dry eye disease (DED).

    Methods: In this prospective study, based on Ocular Surface Disease Index© (OSDI) and corneal staining (CS), 95 DED patients (OSDI≥13) with increasing CS were enrolled into 3 severity groups: DE1 (CS<4), DE2 (CS between 4 and 7) and DE3 (CS>7); 25 asymptomatic subjects with
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