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Tear Cocktail: Composition of Tears

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The seemingly clear tear fluid is actually a complex chemical cocktail comprising everything from proteins and lipids to vitamins, trace elements and the list goes on. Since the entire focus of tear diagnostics is based on altered constituents, understanding what these are is imperative. This chapter covers most of the tear constituents that have been investigated so far.

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Prashar, A. (2019). Tear Cocktail: Composition of Tears. In: Shed Tears for Diagnostics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7169-1_4

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