Korean J Ophthalmol.
1988 Dec;2(2):69-71. 10.3341/kjo.1988.2.2.69.
The significance of tear film break-up time in the diagnosis of dry eye syndrome
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National Univercity, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 1735028
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/kjo.1988.2.2.69
Abstract
- The significance of tear film break-up time (BUT) was investigated by analyzing its distribution and reproducibility in 30 normal subjects and 20 dry eye patients. The BUTs* were all above 5 seconds and the reproducibility was 65% in normalsubjects. However, those were all below 10 seconds and the reproducibility was 95% in dry eye patients. These results suggest that: 1) The patient whose BUT* is below 5 seconds can be diagnosed as dry eye syndrome. 2) The value of BUT* above 10 seconds can be regarded as normal. (*The mean value of 4 different visits)
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