Basal tear osmolarity as a metric to estimate body hydration and dry eye severity
The osmolarities of various bodily fluids, including tears, saliva and urine, have been used as indices of plasma osmolality, a measure of body hydration, while tear osmolarity is used routinely in dry eye diagnosis, the degree of tear hyperosmolarity providing an index of disease severity. Systemic...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018
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