| Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, Schirmer's test | |
| Standardized strips of filter paper are placed in the temporal inferior cul-de-sac. After 5 minutes the length of wetting of the paper is measured. Values below 10 mm indicate problems with tear production. Here about 6 mm are wetted. | |
| Brewitt, Horst, Prof. Dr. med., Med. Hochschule, Hannover, Germany | |
| H04.1 | |
| Cornea -> Keratitis, Keratouveitis (Infectious/Non-Infectious/Neuroparalytic/Parasitic) -> Superficial Keratopathy -> Keratitis Sicca, Dry Eye | |
| 7258 |
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