American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 149, Issue 4 , Pages 602-607.e1 , April 2010

Tear Measurement in Prosthetic Eye Users with Fourier-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography

  • Sung Eun Kim
    • ,
  • Jin Sook Yoon
    • ,
  • Sang Yeul Lee

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Sang Yeul Lee, Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, No. 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-ku, 120-752 Seoul, Korea

,Accepted 31 October 2009.

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PII: S0002-9394(09)00811-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.10.023

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 149, Issue 4 , Pages 602-607.e1 , April 2010

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