Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 45 , Pages S203-S210 , March 2001

The Ocular Surface and Tear Film and Their Dysfunction in Dry Eye Disease

  • Maurizio Rolando, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological and Vision Sciences-Ophthalmology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint address: Professor Maurizio Rolando, Clinica Oculistica dell'Universtà, Ospedale S. Martino Pad 9, Largo R. Benzi 5, 16132 Genoa, Italy
    • ,
  • Manfred Zierhut, MD

      Affiliations

    • Universitaet-Augenklinik, Tübingen, Germany

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