Roth H W, Marquardt R
Center for Sight, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 1998;438:883-6. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5359-5_125.
After reviewing the results of available methods for defining the dry eye with an exact assessment of severity, we found that micropachometry was the most sensitive. The following is a ranking of the other tests according to usefulness: Tear resistance, Schirmer, and BUT. Rose bengal stained eyes were usually decompensated; the meniscus test's primary use was as an "all or nothing" indicator, but recording the widths of extant menisci were unproductive.
