Correlations Among Upper and Lower Tear Menisci, Noninvasive Tear Break-up Time, and the Schirmer Test
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0002-9394
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.12.035