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Tear studies in ocular rosacea.

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Browning, DJ
Published in: Am J Ophthalmol
May 15, 1985

To determine whether tear pH in ocular rosacea was alkaline or acidic compared to normal, I studied tear pH measured by pH electrode or paper in 12 patients with rosacea without ocular manifestations, 23 patients with mild ocular manifestations, and nine patients with severe ocular manifestations. There was no diagnostically useful difference in tear pH between any of these groups and normal controls. Possible pitfalls include the effect of anesthetic eyedrops on tear pH, the effect of basal tear secretion, and discrepancies between electrode and paper measurements. Measurements by pH paper cannot be adjusted by an error constant to yield an equivalent electrode value. Treatment of active ocular rosacea with tetracycline for one month had no effect on tear pH in six patients.

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Am J Ophthalmol

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ISSN

0002-9394

Publication Date

May 15, 1985

Volume

99

Issue

5

Start / End Page

530 / 533

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tears
  • Rosacea
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Humans
  • Eye Manifestations
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1113 Opthalmology and Optometry
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Browning, D. J. (1985). Tear studies in ocular rosacea. Am J Ophthalmol, 99(5), 530–533. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9394(14)77951-6
Browning, D. J. “Tear studies in ocular rosacea.Am J Ophthalmol 99, no. 5 (May 15, 1985): 530–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9394(14)77951-6.
Browning DJ. Tear studies in ocular rosacea. Am J Ophthalmol. 1985 May 15;99(5):530–3.
Browning, D. J. “Tear studies in ocular rosacea.Am J Ophthalmol, vol. 99, no. 5, May 1985, pp. 530–33. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0002-9394(14)77951-6.
Browning DJ. Tear studies in ocular rosacea. Am J Ophthalmol. 1985 May 15;99(5):530–533.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Ophthalmol

DOI

ISSN

0002-9394

Publication Date

May 15, 1985

Volume

99

Issue

5

Start / End Page

530 / 533

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tears
  • Rosacea
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Humans
  • Eye Manifestations
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1113 Opthalmology and Optometry
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences