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. 2023 Apr;71(4):1663-1664.
doi: 10.4103/IJO.IJO_2872_22.

The tale of an eroded strip - The tearscope conundrum

Prasanna V Ramesh  1 , Shruthy V Ramesh  2 , Dipika Sainath  3 , Prajnya Ray  4 , Sathyan Parthasarathi  5
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The tale of an eroded strip - The tearscope conundrum

Prasanna V Ramesh et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2023 Apr.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Image showing the (a) various parts of the cone (black and white, respectively), (b) the assembled cone, (c) cone placed in the Tearscope instrument, and (d) Tearscope film inserted into the white cone for a dry eye evaluation
Figure 2
Figure 2
Image showing the (a) Tearscope film used for NIBUT and (b and c) distorted mires of the right eye and left eye, respectively, due to an eroded Tearscope film. NIBUT = noninvasive breakup time
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