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  • Title: [Tear osmolarity and dry eye].
    Author: Pan SY, Xiao XH, Wang YZ, Liu XN, Zhu XP.
    Journal: Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi; 2011 May; 47(5):475-7. PubMed ID: 21756751.
    Abstract:
    Dry eye is a common eye disease, and its incidence rate has been escalating. The increased tear osmolarity is one of the main reasons for complaint, damage and inflammation of dry eye patients. With the breakthrough of testing technology for tear osmolarity, more research and application of tear osmolarity was reported, and papers on tear osmolarity of normal eye and dry eye in different regions were also published. In this article, the progress of the tear osmolarity research, the range of tear osmolarity and its application in diagnosis and therapy of dry eye was introduced, and the prospect for the clinical application of hypotonic artificial tears was also discussed.
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