title: Clinical grading of corneal staining of non-contact lens wearers.
abstract: To distinguish normal from pathological corneal fluorescein staining requires knowledge of background levels of staining among otherwise healthy individuals. Corneal staining of 102 non-contact lens wearing subjects was assessed using a photographic grading scale that uses a generic (0 to 4) scale to score corneal staining. Some degree of corneal staining was found on 79% of the corneas. Low inter-observer variability suggests that the corneal staining grading scale can be used successfully with decimal rather than integer scale increments.
authors.affiliation: Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dundas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019573:Epithelium, Corneal; D005260:Female; D019793:Fluorescein; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019793:Fluorescein