Fluorescein tear break-up time in Malays

Eye care practitioners routinely use the fluorescein tear break-up time (TBUT) as one of the tests for diagnosing dry eye. The cut off value is normally taken from data presented from western population studies. To our knowledge the mean fluorescein TBUT of a Malay population has not been reported....

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Main Authors:	Norhani Mohidin, Amran Hj. Ramli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	penerbit ukm 2004
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/957/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/957/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/957/1/jurnal13.pdf

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spelling	ukm-9572016-12-14T06:28:25Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/957/ Fluorescein tear break-up time in Malays Norhani Mohidin, Amran Hj. Ramli, Eye care practitioners routinely use the fluorescein tear break-up time (TBUT) as one of the tests for diagnosing dry eye. The cut off value is normally taken from data presented from western population studies. To our knowledge the mean fluorescein TBUT of a Malay population has not been reported. In this paper we report the mean value of the fluorescein TBUT in a sample of Malay population and its effect with an increase in age. Our results showed that the mean TBUT value in Malays is much less than established values reported for Caucasian populations. Eye care practitioners should take this value into account when faced with the diagnosis of dry eye. penerbit ukm 2004 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/957/1/jurnal13.pdf Norhani Mohidin, and Amran Hj. Ramli, (2004) Fluorescein tear break-up time in Malays. Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia, 2 (1). pp. 65-73. ISSN 1675-8161 http://www.fskb.ukm.my/fskbold/jurnal
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description	Eye care practitioners routinely use the fluorescein tear break-up time (TBUT) as one of the tests for diagnosing dry eye. The cut off value is normally taken from data presented from western population studies. To our knowledge the mean fluorescein TBUT of a Malay population has not been reported. In this paper we report the mean value of the fluorescein TBUT in a sample of Malay population and its effect with an increase in age. Our results showed that the mean TBUT value in Malays is much less than established values reported for Caucasian populations. Eye care practitioners should take this value into account when faced with the diagnosis of dry eye.
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author	Norhani Mohidin, Amran Hj. Ramli,
spellingShingle	Norhani Mohidin, Amran Hj. Ramli, Fluorescein tear break-up time in Malays
author_facet	Norhani Mohidin, Amran Hj. Ramli,
author_sort	Norhani Mohidin,
title	Fluorescein tear break-up time in Malays
title_short	Fluorescein tear break-up time in Malays
title_full	Fluorescein tear break-up time in Malays
title_fullStr	Fluorescein tear break-up time in Malays
title_full_unstemmed	Fluorescein tear break-up time in Malays
title_sort	fluorescein tear break-up time in malays
publisher	penerbit ukm
publishDate	2004
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/957/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/957/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/957/1/jurnal13.pdf
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Fluorescein tear break-up time in Malays

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