Estandarización del estudio de la capa mucoide de la película lagrimal precorneal.

  1. Herreras, J.M.
  2. Asensio, V.M.
  3. Calonge, M.
Journal:
Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia

ISSN: 0365-6691

Year of publication: 1990

Volume: 58

Issue: 5

Pages: 453-460

Type: Article

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Abstract

Several authors pragressively are giving a more important rale of the mucus layer of the precorneal tear film in the passive defense of the ocular surface. In this report, the authors reproduce three optic microscopic techniques (with personal modifications), in order to study the mucous layer, from a qualitative and quantitative point of view: the ferning test, staining of mucous by conjunctival impressions, and impression cytology. The authors used these three methods in 80 normal subjects, in order to determine the values en the normal population and the influence of age an sexo