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Preclinical studies evaluating the effect of semifluorinated alkanes on ocular surface and tear fluid dynamics

Priyanka Agarwal1, Darina Khun1, Sonja Krösser2

  • 1Buchanan Ocular Therapeutics Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, New Zealand National Eye Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

The Ocular Surface
|March 5, 2019
PubMed
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Keywords:
Evaporative dry eyeSemifluorinated alkanesTear film stabilisationTear fluid dynamics

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